Divorce

toc =1371472650= = Definition: = The ending of a marriage between two people. For couples whose marriages end in divorce, the experience is often one of the most stressful of their entire lives. HGD Chapter 14, pg.371

Divorce is the legal breakup of a marriage. Like every major life change, divorce is stressful. It affects finances, living arrangements, household jobs, schedules, and more. If the family includes children, they may be deeply affected.

= Examples: = Recently separated or divorced adults have more automobile accidents, are more likely to commit suicide, lose more days of work due to illness, and are more prone to depression. There are also reports of strong feelings of failure, low self esteem, and loneliness.

The dissolution of a marriage is a legal act that may not always coincide with a couple's emotional tearing asunder. Divorce is typically a painful process for all concerned. While it can take adults time to regain psychological equilibrium, whether or not children ever recover a stable perspective continues to be debated. Post-divorce hostility between adults, in addition to directly harming kids, is a sure indicator that the emotional split is incomplete

= Analogies: = What we wait around a lifetime for with one person, we can find in a moment with someone else.” ― Stephanie Klein The only thing more unthinkable than leaving was staying; the only thing more impossible than staying was leaving. I didn't want to destroy anything or anybody. I just wanted to slip quietly out the back door, without causing any fuss or consequences, and then not stop running until I reached Greenland.” ― Elizabeth Gilbert, //Eat, Pray, Love// You asked why I couldn't forgive you," Nick said, very quietly, and I jumped a little. "It was because you were the love of my life, Harper. And you didn't want to be. That's hard to let go.” ― Kristan Higgins, //My One and Only// “Divorce isn't such a tragedy. A tragedy's staying in an unhappy marriage, teaching your children the wrong things about love. Nobody ever died of divorce.” ― Jennifer Weiner, //Fly Away Home// “My husband and I have never considered divorce... murder sometimes, but never divorce.” ― Joyce Brothers

= Mnemonics: = __Risks After Divorce:__
 * A** na (More accidents)
 * S** uffered (Suicide)
 * I** llness (Illness)
 * D** irectly (Depression)
 * F** rom (Feelings of failure)
 * S** eperating with (Low self-esteem)
 * L** eon (Lonliness)

=In the News:= [|The Hardest Decision:Divorce] [|Dealing with Divorce] The article above describes how difficult divorce can be in one's life. It is written by a woman who had to make the difficult decision in her life. It describes her reasoning as well as process.

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