Life After Divorce Support

Looking After Yourself

At LADS we know through lived experience that navigating divorce can be extremely difficult, and are among the toughest life experience people can face. Men report a huge range of intense reactions and feelings during and after separation.

It’s okay to acknowledge that sometimes you’re not going to be able to cope.

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Are you struggling to come to terms with the enormous changes in your life?
Do you find yourself being emotionally triggered by what your ex-partner does?
If you have kids, are you dealing with not seeing them as often as you would like?
Are you feeling that there is an imbalance of power with your ex-partner?
Do you feel like you have lost almost everything important in your life

You’re not alone.

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You don’t really realise how many other people have been on the divorce train until your own ticket is punched as well. Much like when you have kids, you are granted admission into certain circles and conversations that didn’t apply to you before.

Even if you’ve helped others going through a divorce, it is waaaaayyyy different when it’s you.

Whether it’s by nature or nurture, most men are more lone wolves than women are. Reaching out can be tougher for some. Other guys torture themselves a lot more than they have to before connecting with other like-minded men who can help them.

How to Tell if You’re Depressed

Source www.webmd.com

It’s common to feel crummy for a while after a breakup. But major depressive disorder, or clinical depression, is different than normal sadness. It’s constant, lasts at least 2 weeks, and can affect all aspects of your life. Stressful life events, like a breakup, can trigger depression. But it’s possible to have depression-like symptoms without having a mood disorder. It’s important to know what symptoms to look for.

To have clinical depression, you need to have several of the following:

· Ongoing sadness or worry

· An “empty” feeling

· Irritability

· Tiredness

· General feelings of guilt or worthlessness

· No hope for the future

· Less interest in things you used to like

· Appetite changes

· Sleep problems

· Trouble thinking clearly or making decisions

· Slow moving or talking