Disappearance of You After Divorce
I’m not a psychiatrist and never watched Dr. Phil but I lived what I’m about to tell you.
There’s a thing that happened to me that happened to be the result of dealing with the betrayal of a cheating spouse.
My scientific term for it is The Disappearance of You after divorce! Real original, scientifical, and mind-numbing right?! Haha!
This would be the act of removing yourself from things you like to do and withdrawing to the point where it affects you:
- Professionally
- Socially
- Mentally
- Physically
- Personally
I’ll explain!
The Disappearance of You: How I Got There?
To be honest, not a day has gone by that thought of my ex cheating on me has not crossed my mind. And it’s been 5 years!
I’ve talked to people that have said the same and its been 10 years and they are happily remarried
The point is there is no greater feeling of betrayal than to agree to spend your life with someone, put all your trust in them, say them vows, and then have them just throw it all away in an instant that shows you that you weren’t shit.
It’s a lot to take in I know. I’m with you cause I’ve been there.
The Disappearance of You After Divorce
NO ONE can tell you how to deal with the emotions or betrayal of a cheating spouse.
And it’s not just something you get over with the flick of a switch.
My self-esteem was at an all-time low following my ex cheating and once the divorce was done I began to withdraw from things.
- I went from liking to be around people to doing everything I could to avoid being around people.
- Emotional eating led to huge weight gain.
- I went from a dependable worker to quitting two jobs in less than a year and not working in between.
I could go on and on about the things that I let be affected, but I’ll save that for a future blog post.
The Disappearance of You: Why you can’t vanish yourself?
In life, there are only two ways you can go UP or DOWN.
Life is full of momentum shifts! Good things come in waves and bad stuff feels like floods.
Remember anything less than positive action is a negative action and will pull you down.
FINAL THOUGHTS
Disappearing yourself from areas of life will only increase the negative momentum increasing the size of the hole you will have to dig out of.
As I mentioned before, no one can tell you how to deal with your spouse cheating but take it from someone that has been there to keep yourself in check and don’t allow the disappearance of you to the extent I did.
As always…
Be Great! Be You!
A.B.P. ALWAYS BE PROGRESSING!
BRANDON (B-STEEZY the Dad)