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5 Signs You’re Suffering From Divorce-Induced Depression (& It’s Time To Seek Help)

It’s normal to be depressed after divorce. But sometimes it’s more than you can handle.

If you’re experiencing signs of depression after getting a divorce, know that you’re not alone. Coping with depressed feelings post-divorce is incredibly common.

No matter how amicable your divorce experience, the decision to get divorced comes with high-intensity emotions that can seriously affect your mental health. The energy it takes to walk out of a relationship usually isn’t accompanied by a simple handshake.

 

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Turns Out That Compromise Isn’t the Key to a Happy Relationship After All

“Good relationships are all about compromise.” “If you want a great relationship, learn to compromise.” “A healthy relationship means compromise.”

Some variation of “compromise more” is probably the most common, universally accepted piece of relationship advice—the idea being that if you learn to meet your partner halfway, you’ll both be happy. But as a relationship and intimacy expert who has been guiding couples for 20 years, I don’t think that advice is actually true. Here’s why:

1. Compromise can make you lose touch with what matters to you.

The result of frequent compromise is that you become accustomed to accommodating your partner’s desires, and in the process, lose track of what you really want. I once worked with a couple, Joanne and Mike.

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20 Signs the Spark in Your Relationship has Gone – and How to Reignite the Flame

Forget the seven-year itch – the spark actually begins to fade exactly five years and two months into a relationship, a study has found.

Research revealed modern relationships are souring earlier than they used to because life is getting in the way and couples are more likely to take each other for granted sooner than they once did.

The study, which was carried out among 2,000 adults, found a dwindling sex life, sleeping in different rooms and no longer holding hands are among the common signs the magic has gone.

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The Psychology of Divorce

Most divorce researchers conceptualize the divorce process as a series of developmental stages through which the divorcing families proceed (Ahrons & Rodgers, 1987; Bohannan, 1970; Federico, 1979; Kaslow, 1984; Kaslow & Schwartz, 1987; Kessler, 1975; Weiss, 1975). While the stages are generally considered linear, they are not invariant. That is, a couple can skip a stage and go through it at a later point… 

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