My thoughts on a Divorce Article-Embracing Your New Identity After Divorce
Embracing Your New Identity After Divorce Divorce does not just end a marriage. It quietly dismantles the person you thought you were. I recently came across an article on Hello Divorce called Embracing Your New Identity After Divorce, and I found myself nodding along to parts of it, pushing back on others, and filling in the spaces with my own hard-earned experience. I thought it was worth sharing here, because if you are going through this or have been through it, I think you will find pieces of yourself in this conversation. You Lose Your Sense of Self. That Is Real. The article opens with something I know to be deeply true: divorce strips away your sense of self. You no longer know who you are without the title of “wife.” You no longer have a clear direction for today, let alone tomorrow. I lived that. I lost all sense of self and direction after my marriage ended. There were days, especially in the early months, when I did not want to go on living, not because I wanted to die, but...
