Can divorce cause insanity?

[MrDawn]

You ever wonder how completely normal and rational people just do a 180 and completely go insane during a separation or a divorce?

I've seen at least 2 or 3 people in my life who worked, owned property, were married, and had kids either commit suicide or really lose it.

 

[Katrina]

I have a couple of friends who went into a deep depression after their divorce and there is one who went out and got married like months later and then divorced that guy within the year. I'm not sure what it is that consumes people during their separation/divorce and I wonder if all states require counseling during the process? My former state required marriage counseling before they could get divorced.

 

[MrDawn]

I have a couple of friends who went into a deep depression after their divorce and there is one who went out and got married like months later and then divorced that guy within the year. I'm not sure what it is that consumes people during their separation/divorce and I wonder if all states require counseling during the process?

My divorce didn't require counciling. Covid-19 hit after I had consulted with my lawyer and had paid everything.

When Covid hit and the lock down happened. I got a call from the behavioural health care clinic saying they were only doing doctor patient sessions by phone.

I had realized me being on anti depressants and seeing a therapist was a deal my soon to be ex wife had made on the grounds of an ultimatum 5 years prior.

Going with that realization. I decided to quit seeing a therapist and to refrain from relying on anti depressants, I quit taking my medication.

When my ex wife found out about it and despite her protests. I reminded her that deal was over because she broke it when she forced me into a divorce.

Which I'm glad she did because I realize now that neither of us were happy. I had been in a state of denial about it and I'm glad that I've reflected on everything.

I will admit. I became increasingly depressed and it got to the point where I stayed single for 9 months. I lacked tolerance for any kind of bullshit from other women when I made earlier attempts at dating.

After I got over my hard feelings. I had begun to get reacquainted with myself. I started becoming more assertive in what I wanted in my future relationships. I felt that I deserved better after having been cheated on and treated as a personal piggy bank.

 

[Demon_skeith]

Divorce can lead to a lot of things, insanity being one of them, just depends on how the situation crumbles.

 

[zappaDPJ]

I may be totally wrong but I get the impression divorce is not so much of a thing in my age group (early 60s) in the UK. I know a lot of people of my age that are unhappy with their partners but money, the cost of housing, living with a vulnerable child, poor physical/mental health, advancing age and other issues have stop them from taking that final step. I do know that many, perhaps the majority in that situation are either cronic alcoholics or on medication for depression.

I've been married for... erm... more years than I can remember (41 I think 😵) but I'm not contemplating getting divorced anytime soon. For other people I'm not entirely sure if divorce is actually the problem. Perhaps the issues that people have is more down to a poor relationship with their partner which comes to a head at the point of divorce? That's pure speculation on my part though.

 

[Varlot]

Of course, any case of severe emotional stress may do so. It's not really a reason to not get a divorce, but rather a reason to be prepared to take extra good care of your mental health post-divorce.

 

[Jason76]

It can be sad for kids and one big reason to really think it over before getting a divorce. However, if it's some one-sided thing where one wants a divorce and other don't. It's better for the one who doesn't want one to move on, no matter how painful it is. They have to just not care.

 

[Jason76]

It's stuff you really can't do nothing about. For the person hanging on, they can pray and improve themselves, that's about it - and if that don't work, they just have to accept it.