How do I break free?

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I moved into supported living about 6 months ago. I didn't get much interaction from the other residents who are mostly severe LD so I ended up befriending the staff instead. It was wrong now that I look back because I ended up getting really close to the team leader who was really supportive. I kind of looked to him as a father figure (my Dad is mostly absent from my life) and I loved spending time with him. Last month he left for a new job. It's been a month and I can't get over it. I spend the whole time crying, I am depressed and I want him to come back. I know he's not going to come back and I need to get over it, but I just don't know how to get through this. I know I got too close to him and that's why I am feeling this way (not in a romantic way by the way he's gay and I am a lesbian!) but now I have completely locked myself away because I don't want to talk to anyone else or get attached to them. I am just retreating further and further into my own little world and I hate it.

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I have HFA, ADHD, OCD & Tourette syndrome. I love animals, especially my bunnies and hamster. I skate in a roller derby team (but I'll try not to bite )

You know what went wrong. That's good, you won't let it happen again with another staff member. Now, there's only one way out: Through the door. Go for a walk - with a camera in your hand, if you have one. Explore new roads of you city or new forests of your rural place (wherever you live). Spend days in a library or book shop. Start writing a fantasy story - on paper, in places you usually don't visit. There's a whole planet out there, it should keep you busy for weeks.