How to Cope with Divorce Stress
Divorce may leave you questioning your identity, your future. Here are some ways to cope with emotional upheaval.
Divorce may leave you questioning your identity, your future. Here are some ways to cope with emotional upheaval.
Divorce is a split — and not just between you and your partner. The healing process for you, even if you’re the one who initiated the divorce, will take time.
The stress of divorce strikes everyone at one time or another during the process, but teenagers can compound the emotional upheaval at home. As one therapist puts it, teenagers are in the middle of figuring out their identities as humans, and divorce throws a wrench into the process.
The stress of divorce is unique, one of those situations you cannot fully understand until you’ve lived through it.
The long-term conflict of divorce can cause stress in children, not to mention anger, anxiety, confusion, guilt, fear, and more. Even if your children come to realize it was the best decision, how do you help and protect children through the transition?