My ex GF32 and I M31 broke up almost 2 years ago and have a child together of almost the same age. There was no physical or verbal abuse. We just kept having arguments and had communication problems.

My ex does not want me to be in my childs life and has made it very difficult to come see her. I have contacted child services in the past to organize discussions between the pair of us with some success. We had a couple months of regularly scheduled visits last year before we both decided to pause it due to the child being very fussy during the visits and becoming upset.

This year the child seemed to be more comfortable with me and I asked again to work out a parenting plan to which she refused. Instead she applied for a restraining order against me claiming I was a domestic abuser. I have no doubt that her claims will get thrown out as I haven't actually done anything. I can't go into specific details because of this though.

I don't know whether to walk away at this point though. I am so so tired of this bullshit. I have tried for almost 2 years to work out a plan, I have followed the governments advice to the letter on how to resolve disputes of this kind and it is just causing me stress and to throw away money. My daughter doesn't know me or recognize me. Last time I saw her at the start of this year she though I was a stranger. All of my family and friends are telling me to walk away. I would like to know your comments please as I am at the end of my rope?

TLDR: Ex making child access difficult and telling lies