How do you get over someone you have to see everyday?

I would say a big way would be to feel like I have options. When I have options, or feel like I do, I don't get so hung up on one person if they shoot me down.

Problem is, I don't have any options, nor do I feel like I have any options.

Here's a story. I got burned badly by a so called female friend that I had the audacity to have a tiny short lived crush on. She shot me down, and I hadn't asked her out; not only that, but I got chewed out for having the crush. Add in that it had been an especially rough couple of months at that period in my life (I've had a rough life growing up, though admittedly not as rough as a lot of people.). Had that month not been quite so tough (including being rejected in nasty ways by three other girls, nearly hitting a dog with the car, had work not been so slow, had my abusive father not been bearing down so hard on me, if I had had enough money.), it would have been a lot easier to deal with. If I had had options, or if I had at least FELT like I had options, it wouldn't have been so crushing a blow, even as immature as she's been.

Had she chosen a honest great guy, instead of a phony who's cheated on all his past girlfriends and been on drugs, and a guy that has everything handed to him on a silver platter, I would have felt better about it.

I think the trick is to be the kind of person who has other options. Now, how you BECOME one of these people if you're not already, I have no idea.

If you are one of those people who have options, then focus on those other options. If you're popular with other guys, try going out with them. If you're going to school, bury yoyourself in work. Got some woman friends? Hang out with them and/or go to singles groups. Let them set you up.

That's rough. Why can't you date him? The whole forbidden co-worker thing, or is he dating/married?

The only way I can get over a person like that is to forcibly put them out of my mind, even search for qualities of that person that you don't find attractive. It's hard, but I'm sure if you're serious enough you can shove him into the back of your mind.