How do you avoid depression when a military boyfriend is away?

Can you answer Erin’s question about Depression?:

I’m thankful that he is not deployed, I don’t know how I would handle that, but my boyfriend is in the Army and is across the country for several months. How can I avoid the depression while he is gone? Living in a seemingly empty apartment now, how can I fill the void that seems to suck the life right out of me? Any suggestions that avoid getting pets would be so helpful.

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