Friends don't understand. Family is exhausting. So alone.
CAanon_lonely1 month ago
Friends try but they don't really get it. Family is its own complication. Has anyone found people who actually understood?
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willow_oak1 month ago
DivorceCare groups (free, faith-affiliated but not pushy) and the secular community group at my library both helped. Sitting in a room with other people going through the same thing was different from describing it to people who weren't.
marisol_v1 month ago
Reddit's r/Divorce was a lifeline at 2am. Just reading other people's posts that matched what I was feeling made me feel less crazy.
starting_over_20261 month ago
This forum. The threads I've found here — strangers describing exactly what I was sitting with — got me through more nights than I want to admit.
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