19.Lastly, but not least, you need to take the time to grieve.
As previously mentioned, divorce is many things but it’s definitely not easy. Grief is a natural part of the divorce process and you should allow yourself to feel it. It’s normal to feel sad when an important chapter in your life has ended.
According to Sharon Gilchrest O’Neill, a licensed marriage and family therapist and author, even when it was your decision, divorce can still bring a lot of grief to the table, alongside other emotions as well.
Allowing yourself to grieve is actually healthy and it will help you heal faster. Learning to embrace the negative emotions will help you in the long run, Dr. Coulston added. Conversely, if you’re trying to avoid feeling these emotions, they’ll come back to haunt you later on, and it won’t be very fun.
Learning how to deal with your emotions from the beginning of your divorce process is very important, and you’ll see how, day by they, they will become more bearable, until they’ll finally disappear. By then, you’ll be much stronger.
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