One of my friends was commenting that since my separation, he's gotten more keyed into the behavior of other people he knows that are or have dv'd as well. His observation was that there seem to be two types:
- The ones that go on a wild and crazy sex binge with anything that moves.
- The ones that withdraw into work, depression, whatever.

I've totally withdrawn into my work. Both seem to be forms of denial. I wonder... y'know, all the books talk about the "Stages of Divorce" blah blah blah... and talk about "healing time" and how you should avoid denial behaviors. For the life of me, as I think about this... WHAT DO THEY EXPECT?

Any behavior is going to be seen as a form of coping with what has happened. How the hell is anyone supposed to go through this stuff without denial? Maybe we're all supposed to wander around spilling our guts to everyone about what happened?

Ready... on 3 lets all go find these pop-psyche authors and give them a wedgy unless they've actually experienced what they write about. Grrrrr....

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Wedgies...thanks for the laugh, I really needed that!!