From "I Do" to "What Now?": Post-Wedding Blues: Using DBT's Emotion Regulation Skills to Navigate the Unexpected Emotional Dip After a Major Life Event
Post-Wedding Blues: Using DBT's Emotion Regulation Skills to Navigate the Unexpected Emotional Dip After a Major Life Event
For seven months, her evenings had been full. She answered vendors while reheating dinner, compared hotel blocks during lunch, and kept a note on her phone titled "Things That Can Still Go Wrong." The wedding itself was warm, funny, and nearly everything she had hoped for. Her new husband, Ivo, cried during the vows. Her father danced badly and enthusiastically. Nobody started a family feud near the cake.
Three days later, Mara sat at the edge of the bed staring at two half-open suitcases.
"No. God, no." She rubbed her eyes. "I just feel...gone. Like somebody unplugged the building."
What You Will Discover Inside From "I Do" to "What Now?"
In From "I Do" to "What Now?", Gideon Novak writes a practical guide you can use this week. You will find scenes you recognize, steps you can try today, and language that does not insult the problem.
Part I: The Unspoken Dip: Understanding Post-Event Blues: What part I: The Unspoken Dip: Understanding Post-Event Blues looks like in ordinary days, and the first move that actually helps.
Chapter 1: The Honeymoon Hangover: Beyond the "Happily Ever After": What the Honeymoon Hangover: Beyond the "Happily Ever After" looks like in ordinary days, and the first move that actually helps.
Chapter 2: Why Does This Happen? The Psychology Behind the Dip: What why Does This Happen? The Psychology Behind the Dip looks like in ordinary days, and the first move that actually helps.
The Morning After a Peak: What the Morning After a Peak looks like in ordinary days, and the first move that actually helps.
Chapter 3: Validating Your Experience: It's Okay Not to Be Okay: How to say the real sentence without turning it into a speech or an apology.
The Thank-You Card Problem: What the Thank-You Card Problem looks like in ordinary days, and the first move that actually helps.