Getting over a crush that's driving me nuts?

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So there's this girl I know from an online forum that since went offline, and I've had a crush on her for sometime even though I've never met her face to face in person; unless you count video chats. I got to know her more when we started following each other on Twitter and chatting more one on one where my crush grew even more. The whole time I thought she was a lesbian based on some of her posts, so I tried not to get too worried about her; until one day she mentioned having an ex-boyfriend, which got my hopes up. I was going to ask if she wanted to go on an E-date, but I procrastinated and basically a week later she got asked out on a date IRL by some dude and quickly became his boyfriend.

I would wait and see if she becomes single again, but she's at the age where most people are with the partner they'll end up marrying. The regret has been eating at me since she's 1 in a million, and I very rarely develop crushes. I need to find a way to get her off my mind, but I don't want to stop talking to her since she's a really good friend and talking with her really lifts my mood.

I know it sounds stupid, but I can't stop thinking about her to the point where I think my brain has made her into a special interest. My whole mood lifts up if she even likes a tweet, I feel bad for her if she even feels slightly down, and I could talk to her for hours about nothing. It's really making me feel miserable and frustrated, which would be manageable, if I didn't already feel like utter crap from a laundry lists of frustrations and regrets before I started talking with her. Eventually my frustration got so bad that I confessed that I had a crush on her, just to get it off my chest. Which made things worse, because she took it extremely well, started talking with me even more and her response was worded basically "Sorry I'm already dating" instead of a hard "no". Which just makes me missing my chance sting even worse.

I know this probably sounds ridiculous to everyone; but it's really digging at me and I'm worried it's going to haunt me for years since I recall hearing somewhere that people with ASD have a harder time dropping crushes. I need to stop crushing on her while still keeping her as a close friend.

I am too haunted by old feelings for someone. You'll just have to move on.

Honestly, the best thing to do is to pull back from the relationship a large bit.

I don't recommend being a jerk, blocking her, or ignoring her, but I do recommend that you stop initiating conversations with her, and stop reading her posts on line. If you can find a way to hide her from your feed without defriending/blocker her that would probably be wise too.

I think its one of those things that as long as you have feelings for this person, any small amount of hope or intimacy can extend the duration of how long you will feel that way about her.

People might try to tell you that it is mean to stop spending time with a crush when you can't date them, but that s**t hurts really bad and the only way it gets better is if you have time to detox from the oxytocin rush.

Your time is better spent on focusing on positive things for you, and you deserve to not just feel sad all day because you are reminded that it didn't work out. It might be hard, but to be healthy you need to be disciplined with yourself, like when you eat healthy foods over tasty junk food.

Consider keeping yourself occupied at first. This could be a good starting point for you to get over this girl because you will not be able to give yourself a lot of time to think about her.

IMO, take up new interests or pick up old ones. This in turn may help you think less of this girl over time.

You can get over a crush by getting under a different one