[asabjorn]

We men are meant to be useful and carry others that surround us, which for many men going through divorce is unfortunately limited to family, so it’s natural that you feel an incredible loss of connection when you go from seeing your core family every day to that unit breaking up and giving limited access to your kids.

Since you say you want to be around others, but not necessarily converse all the time I would suggest finding a way to apply something you are good at in a local community.

For instance, every faith congregation or social club have many chores that need to be done. Not everyone need to be the social bunny to be part of the community, it actually need many like yourself.