I did not imagine my last post would cause so much discussion. I am thrilled that so many of you jumped into the fray and voiced your opinions about 5 Myths of Divorce Revealed. I approached the post by first thinking about some my preconceived notions about divorce and then began to research what others had to say. One of the most surprising revelations was the research and opinions about keeping the marriage together for the children. Myth #2, really got everyone talking.
Therefore I thought I would dig a little deeper and try to present my Fox News version of both sides of the story.
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I started thinking today about my beliefs with regard to divorce and how they measure up to my real life experience. I am a child of divorce and now I have experienced my own. Below are some revealing truths about divorce and why what you think you know, may not be correct.
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I embrace the one constant feature of life – that is change. My life changed dramatically in the span of the last 12 months. I had a baby, got laid off from my job and ended my marriage. All of these changes would be overwhelming to most people. For me, these changes presented an opportunity to start again.
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I am angry right now. I have allowed many of my personal boundaries to become breached over the last week. I’m feeling exhausted and overwhelmed. I’m trying to make really good decisions yet, I feel like I’m being stuffed back down into the box from which I recently escaped. Writing is my depression therapist. For me, sharing my thoughts with you is my best treatment for depression.
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I’m a recently divorced woman. When it became clear I could not save my marriage, I made the choice to divorce. Over the last eight months, my emotions have run the gamut from anger, relief, elation, empowerment, anger and yes, even anxiety and depression, and more anger. I hope that as you read these 10 things not to do when getting divorced, you will find at least one that you can take away on piece of divorce advice and incorporate into your life.
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Don’t be surprised that I’m writing about Valentine’s Day and divorce at the same time. After all, I am recently divorced and wretched Valentine’s Day is coming once again to tease, stress and disappoint most of us.
I’ve only had one man in my life that lived up to all of the Valentine’s Day hype. He was a hopeless romantic and very skilled at the Wow factor of Valentine’s Day. But, when it came to commitment and marriage – well let’s just say it’s a good thing I didn’t marry him because, that relationship too, would have ended in divorce.
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After my husband I split, I was having trouble dealing with my anxiety and disappointment. I was short-tempered with everyone from my co-workers to my children. I began searching for any number of avenues to enhance my conflict resolution skills. Whether it was through online anger management training, or one on one with a therapist for anger management lessons – I knew for sure, I needed outside help.
Anger comes from a variety of sources. It acts as an alarm telling us when something is wrong with a situation. My anger specifically is a byproduct of these emotions:
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