Managing divorce anger
June 9, 2006 by ryan
Anger is not a gift, and it is normal for a relationship to have this kind of twist, but for couples who are going for divorce, this emotion is often anything but healthy.
It is a special kind of anger that usually hasn’t been experienced before.
When anger and divorce is combined, it’s often treated as a misguided means of hanging on to a failed marriage. For many people that really long for company, a bad relationship is better than no relationship at all.
Divorce anger lets people to punish their ex as often as possible, while keeping an ongoing “bitter” relationship.
It’s a situation that leaves both partners in the long and winding divorce world of growth obstruction and self-awareness.
Some people really keep their anger so secretly that their rage takes over their whole lives, affecting all their thoughts and actions.
They weigh every action to see how much harm it will bring on their ex.
Divorce anger is often expressed through the legal process itself.
During this process, it is important to remember that your lawyer is your adviser, not your friend.
Releasing anger to your ex through the legal process invariably leads to prolonged, emotional proceedings that will ultimately leave you, and of course, the family resources out.
Using the legal process as a way to express your anger is a bad idea for a couple of key reasons; it is the wrong way, and it is very expensive.
The legal divorce process itself tends to add fuel to both parties’ anger.
Often times it leads to dividing property and trying to prove your case for custody or support.
So how can you cope with this new and intense anger? The key lies in understanding its roots, where did you first fall and finding positive ways to express the hurt, disappointment, and loss that both party is feeling now as you proceed through separation.
Anger can really be a very healthy and positive tool for change, and it has a lot of energy compared to happiness when released
but if we use it destructively, all we do is destory our mood and keep miseries coming.
Final word is, people have to learn to have anger work for them positively, not negatively.




Anger of any kind for any reason is a weakness. I have been divorced now for about 10 years. In the beginning, like many, I was angry and very resentful. After all my marriage had fallen apart and now I am faced with splitting the kids time with their father.
Then came the girlfriends that he would introduce the kids to. And young children do not understand why Daddy has a new girlfriend just about everytime they see him. So here I am faced with trying to explain to them why this is happening when I dont understand it myself.
As I sit now and look back, I would have handled things alot differently had I realized that anger is a weakness.
Remember, you can divide a home, but you cant divide children.