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Divorce and Recovery

This section contains frequent splashes of humor. We know humor can feel foreign and even awkward in these turbulent times, but it' a great healing agent, and we encourage you to join in the healthy act of laughing as often and heartily as possible. It will help you keep your perspective through the chaos.

We hope that you, the visitor, will benefit from those who have traveled this path before you. One of the most beneficial exercises you can do while enduring an emotional trauma is to journal your thoughts and feelings. Therefore, we have left space on each page of this section for you to type or write entries. It's our belief that you can never express yourself too much.

What you need to know:

Getting it Together BEFORE the Divorce: Divorce is one of the ten most stressful life events. Even when divorce is for the best, it takes a while to stop hurting.
Divorce, Forgiveness, and a New Beginning: A person must forgive his or her spouse. A healthy recovery means coming to terms with anger and hatred. Forgiveness brings peace to both parties.
Separating Divorce Fact from Fiction: Sometimes, in the aftermath of a divorce, a person cannot separate fact from fiction. Fact is an unbiased observation of the events; fiction is the story created out of our unresolved emotions from the past.
Divorce Can be a Major Life Changer: Few personal crises rival the destruction created by a failed marriage. The process of choosing to divorce, legally severing a marriage, and recovering following the divorce is exhausting emotionally, financially, and often physically.
A Few Suggestions to Help You During Divorce: Learning to start all over again can be a challenging task. Picking up the pieces may be difficult but not impossible. Here are a few ways to speed recovery after divorce.
Practical Aspects of Divorce Recovery: It is small wonder why people going through a divorce often pay for it with their health. The last thing a person needs in the midst of a divorce is illness or an accident. People going through the trauma of a divorce are particularly at risk.
A Philosophical View on Divorce Recovery: The world does not stop when two people end their marriage. Divorce often creates sleepless nights and days filled with worry and woes, but life still must go on.