CHAPTER
1 - So You’re Thinking About Getting a Divorce
If you are
reading this ebook, then you are likely to belong to one of three
groups of people:
- you’re
unhappy in your marriage and considering a divorce
- you’re
already going through the divorcing process or,
- you know
of someone who is either contemplating divorce or in the midst
of one.
Whatever the
situation, you’ve made an excellent decision to do research
and discover this free ebook because it will provide you with
tons of information, resources, tips and advice on the divorcing
process.
And besides
being free, what separates this ebook from all of the others found
on the Internet, is all the information contained within this
ebook will not require you to move an inch away from your computer
to access it. That’s pretty darn good considering how stressful
it is going through this process.
Are
You Shell-Shocked by the Decision to Divorce?
I don’t
know of too many people who have gone through a divorce without
at least some disruption to their lives. At a minimum, getting
divorced is unsettling. It requires having to make decisions and
changes and to re-organize lots of things in your life. This may
seem like an enormous task even if you are the one initiating
the changes. However, having to make these changes at a time when
you’re not expecting them - makes the process of divorce
all that more challenging.
It’s
very normal to feel stressed, anxious, sad, angry and depressed
during the divorcing process. These feelings can go in cycles
and at times they tend to cluster together. Sometimes people describe
feeling as if being on an emotional rollercoaster - feeling up
one moment and down the next.
Divorce is
a time when there are lots of important decisions and changes
to be made. There are also the financial implications of divorce
– both in legal costs and those associated with reorganizing
one’s life – that weigh heavily on people, These certainly
add to the stress of getting divorced.
You need to
know that this is a quite common experience for people going through
a divorce. It is an emotionally trying time and people’s
ability to cope is often stretched to the max. The good news is
that for most people who go through a divorce, this difficult
time is usually short lived and does pass. There is a light at
the end of the tunnel! | 
