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Divorce
Divorce, whether past or present, leaves us feeling deeply impacted. Depending on our values, divorce can generate intense thoughts and feelings about ourselves and others. Feelings range from loneliness and fear, to relief and freedom. Regardless of our experience, divorce requires adjustments in identity, role, and lifestyle. Divorce care can help us to navigate these changes and cope with trying circumstances. Use the questions below as a self-reflective guide. Have you… been through divorce? talked about ending your marriage because it seems like the only option? been affected by someone else’s divorce – such as your parent, spouse, or significant other?
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Domestic Violence
Domestic violence is abusive behavior by one or both partners in a relationship. Domestic violence can include physical harm, threats thereof, or use of intimidation, among many other forms of mistreatment. Use the questions below as a self-reflective guide. Do you… have the experience of violence in your home? fear telling anyone about hostility you have experienced at home? find that conflict tends to involve aggression at home? find it keeps you safest to keep the hostility a secret?
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Eating Disorders
Eating disorders are illnesses that can unexpectedly consume our lives. The cause of eating disorders and disordered eating is typically much more deeply-rooted than a person’s relationship with food, physical appearance, or health. Use the questions below as a self-reflective guide. Do you… feel intense fear of gaining weight? feel that you lack control over food or when you’re eating? experience anxiety if you cannot control food in your environment? feel that your weight or shape is a defining factor in how you think about yourself? compensate for food you have eaten by exercising or other means?
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Grief / Bereavement
Grief and bereavement can cause an onslaught of confusing emotions, including anger, confusion, fear, hopelessness, denial, pain, and intense sadness. After suffering loss, we not only have powerful emotions, but physical, social, cognitive, and behavioral reactions to our experience. Use the questions below as a self-reflective guide. Have you… lost a loved one? feel sadness? have trouble sleeping? have increased or decreased appetite? feel guilty or worthless? think more about death than you once did?