My wife (27F) left me (27M) back in August. Our marriage is full of baggage, traumas, and insecurities. We'd been together for 9 years and married for only one. We both struggle with depression and anxiety. After an argument that I thought was inconsequential and small, she flipped out, yelling about how she can't love me any more and then moved out. Now she has her own place. We're technically only separated and not divorced officially due to state laws. We're starting couples counseling this week, to which she states she's "open minded" about getting back together if we can repair things, but doesn't seem very optimistic about it and it'll take some time either way. Her lease is up in June, and our 6 months separation period is up February, so either way, I have a lot of time to myself.

All that being said, I'm stuck in this horrible uncertainty and I'm miserably lonely. We have a six yo daughter who is with me Mon-Thurs, but when she's at school, asleep, and over weekends when I work, I am so lonely. I have friends who I can play video games with a couple times a week, but only for a couple hours. I'm realizing maybe I was a bit codependent in this context, but I just want anyone to chat with consistently and keep me company throughout the day. She used to happily provide that. There was never any pressure, but she'd always keep a conversation going and we'd mutually check in with eachother whenever we found time. I am really missing that now.

What do you guys do to stay occupied, happy, or find ways to socialize? How do you cope with the loss of such constant communication?