Tips for Dealing with Feelings of Rejection After Divorce

Posted Apr 29, 2009 by awritermom / comments 0 comments / Print / Font Size Decrease font size Increase font size

This article provides readers with tips for dealing with feelings of rejection after divorce.

Though you may think that you can't feel or trust anyone again, and working on making a pastor feelings of rejection and accept that the divorce is not a failure but rather a chance to get what you need out of life and for him to get what he needs out life as well. People fall in love it's a natural occurrence in a person's life.

Be sure after your divorce to keep yourself busy and don't deny yourself pleasant moments and the things you love. Doing things that make you feel positive about yourself, hobbies, working out, a favorite activity like hiking, or spending time with people care about --your friends and family will set the stage for moving on to new relationships and some would say “a new start” in life. Reevaluating your life and rediscovering who you are, what you like and developing new relationships and new areas of your life is what you need. You're independent now so you can start doing the things that you love which you stopped doing in your marriage or seek out new ways to spend your time.

Support groups, counseling and therapy might be in order if you don't feel that you can get by with merely expressing yourself to a friend or a few friends and writing your diary or journal. If you need spiritual or psychological counseling seek someone out and read up on how these counseling sessions can help you. This time is for you, and later divorced will be an event that occurred merely that not be devastating event that it seems like currently. You will begin to accept it. Except that you are divorced, and he's gone out of your life and move on.

Building self-esteem back up avoiding the pitfall of depression and feelings of insecurity being betrayed having a negative effect on you is important. Dealing with negative feelings isn't about not feeling them were avoiding them. Let them out yet to feel to move on. Start being aware of what you're doing to take care of yourself. Begin to start begin taking care of yourself in the fullest ways you know how and your meet all your needs. Along the way, begin actively schooling yourself about what's best for you and what new activities you can do that you might like or things that would give you a great deal of pleasure and do them!

This isn't the end of the world, think that you can still pursue your dreams and have a great life. Don't isolate yourself spend time with others who opt for support, and try to avoid throwing yourself into a relationships as the raw emotions might not be conducive to any new relationship to you might form, that you might end up hurting yourself and whomever you've got involved with. Avoid alcohol and other mind altering chemicals, prolonging suffering and causing your to hide your feelings from yourself and others is all this will do. Some will see that you're running and so might you if you indulge in drinking. Do yourself a favor and if you find yourself drinking, realize it's not the best thing for you and stop!

Learn more about yourself. Your beliefs, your habits, your needs and come to terms with events, accepting them and be at peace with yourself. It's process that will promote good health and good interaction between you and others. Making sure you exercise daily, eat regular and balanced meals, focusing on helping yourself and getting through this period is most important. Helping others and being helped by others, including your friends and if you have children, them.

Do the things you always wanted to do. Spend time understanding yourself and finding out who you are now and what you want. Place making new pleasant memories that will be lasting high on your list of priorities. Is there anything that you wanted to do but your partner was not agreeable? Was there something you gave up during your marriage that you loved doing? You now have a chance to do them. Do them! Accepting the end of that relationship as breakups happen and moving on, feeling all the way is what you should be doing. Whether crying and angry or laughing and celebrating, express your emotional states and thoughts with friends and relatives about your disappointments, your fears and what you hope for now. Express also what you think or feel went wrong, what you know happened in your failed marriage so as not to make the same mistake twice and turn your life in a new direction that won't be this bad ever again.

Respect yourself and also spoils yourself for a while to compensate for your emotional trauma this divorce is causing you. Allowing yourself to feel and knowing that only time will change the way you feel is important. Ask yourself “How will I feel about this in five years? How about ten?”. What you believe about the situation, how you think of it and what you feel is significant about it will affect how you feel and think about it later.

Emotions aren't wrong or right, they're just...  emotions. After a couple divorces, the bad times that they've had may brought up the most and also you and your ex-partner might have feelings brought on by memories of pleasant situations events. When taking trips down memory lane be honest with yourself. Don't blame yourself, get support, spend time on yourself , pamper yourself and keep moving on, moving ahead, aiming for a the goals that you had in the past with new goals to replace those you had with him as your life is being redefined.

Rate this Article:

Be the first to rate me.


* You must be logged in order to leave comments, please login or join us.

Comments

No comments yet.



Bookmark and Share
Sign up for our email newsletter
Name:
Email: