Hey everyone, I think I need to have the space to get this off my chest but I am also open to advice/recommendations.suggestions*

Back story: I have been a single mom while married for 3 years, my husband never wanted to help or be invested in our marriage or family, so I have really been 'single' for years. Some stuff hit the fan my husband left us (mental health related), I have the kids 100% of the time, and now have to go back to work full time- my entire everything is about them, always about them (as it should be) but it feels so all-encompassing.

I am struggling with loneliness- I was lonely and alone in my marriage for years, and now that I am 'free' of him, I am still not free yet. I am attached to him, it's like he won't ever be gone.

All I want is to be in a supportive loving relationship, do I think I am ready for that? No idea, but it's what I want. I have had some 'no strings attached' sex, and I can't do it. It's not how I am wired, but I do no think I am "ready".

• How do you know when you're ready?

• How do you stay sane if you have your kids 100% of the time and NEVER get time off without at least one of them?

• Any self-work resources?

• How do I get ready to start dating again?

These are a few of the questions that keep me up at night- I am struggling, lonely, overwhelmed, and angry.