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Divorce-Denial-Depression: All is Not Lost
There is no magic recipe, but there is hope
Disclaimer: I have no clinical training, am solely sharing my coping strategies & experiences
This month marks an anniversary that no longer haunts me. Seven years ago my divorce was finalized. I felt broken and lost. Seven years isn’t such a long time, but now it feels like a lifetime ago. Forgiving both myself and my ex-husband was key to my healing process.
Rather than detail the minutia of my personal saga, it’s more important to recognize grief and identify its stages. What they say about hindsight being 20/20 certainly applies here — I didn’t research any of this at the time I was living it.
Grief
An experience that everyone can relate to is that of grieving. Whether it’s reacting to the death of a loved one or another type of loss, grief is healthy and necessary.
According to the Mayo-Clinic:
Grief is a strong, sometimes overwhelming emotion for people…..they might find themselves feeling numb and removed from daily life, unable to carry on with regular duties while saddled with their sense of loss. Grief is the natural…
