Anyone got any? I could really use some about now. I've pretty well just given up on my one and only chance of happiness (can't go into the details but it involves a woman).
What works for you guys/girls/weclock?

Something happened to your plan to fly over?

I can think of smashing monsters playing Painkiller, it might put a bit of stress off of you.
Otherwise sit for a while and relax a bit not thinking about anything. In a few weeks you might be well again ;-)
Love is hard to handle for everybody (sigh).

If she cheated on you, sleep with her friend, that's a good method to cheer up!

Basically the original option for a romantic relationship has completely and irrevocably ended. The worst part being that I've lost any chance of future happiness for no reason other than the fact that I'm poor.

If she doesn't want to be happy with you because you're poor, I doubt you could get any chance of happiness with her anyway.

Hehe nah the crux of the problem is that I never got the chance to be with her at all. Though her best friend isn't a bad looker now that you mention the option but she's unavailable...

Dunno what time it is at your place... But I always had unshakeable faith in the curing effects of brother alcohol.

okay, to clear this up, I should have mentioned that I'm in australia & she's in finland. The poor thing affected (well lets be realistic, destroyed) my ability to go and actually be with her

Whatever you may think and feel right now, the fact is that it was not your one and only chance of happiness.
We humans can be incredibly self-destructive in situations like this, and make matters worse than they actually are by creating more and more negativity. Telling yourself that this was your only chance of happiness is an example of that. It's just not true.

It's not your only chance, unless you have incredibly strict standards.
I've spent 27 years of my life single, and without anyone. When I am feeling down, I like to cook. But that is probably not for everyone. Basically, keep yourself occupied.

Now that makes it really hard :)

This is one of the most accurate things I've ever heard said and you've pretty well got my depression nailed down. In my case there's more than just negativity and depression, its the sheer lack of human contact that makes further options hard to envisage.
All my hobbies are insular and solitary, my chosen field of study and hopefully eventual work will be pretty likely to be either solitary or a sausage fest, high capacity social situations freak me out and even if I did manage to meet a girl that seemed like she might be interesting, I really can't progress beyond smalltalk and most of my interests are so nerdy, complicated or esoteric that few people would know what the fuck I was on about. I mean walking up to a girl in a bar and asking what her opinion is on time travel paradoxes isn't likely to be the best start. Sure if I find someone that can reply without having the concept of a paradox explained to them I could be onto a winner but that'd require talking to every woman in this whole town and probably stil not getting many results.

Thats the problem, I do. I need an intellectual and educational equal and whilst this is going to sound incredibly arrogant, they're as rare as hens teeth regardless of gender

Surf some porn.
Jerk off.
Go to sleep.
Wake up, consume an energy drink.
spend some time doing something physical (like a run or a bike ride).
Play a video game.
Jerk off again.
And realize that.. happiness is what you make of it.
I'm 25, and decidedly single an alone. I've lost an internet girlfriend before. It hurts, but it's not the end of the world, and it's most certainly not your "only chance for happiness".