Join divorce coach and author Kimberly Pryor on our Facebook page Thursday, August 23 at 2 pm EST to ask all of your love and relationship questions!Here are three post-divorce dating dangers and how you can avoid them:1. Trusting a new man once you've been hurt by your ex-husband is difficult.Healing is also necessary to follow God's command to" do unto others what you would have them do unto you," (Matthew ).

Her divorce recovery classes helped her realize everyone bounces back at their own pace.

Psychotherapist Pandora Mac Lean-Hoover, who's divorced, also suggests finding a therapist who knows firsthand how vulnerable you are.

"I'm a strong person, I own my own business and I'm a professional speaker," she says.

But she admits she could barely function for a full year after the split.

It may take a long time to recover—and that's okay.

Julie, 50, from Denver, thought she'd be able to handle her divorce.

(Those who were living in pain for a very long time, that's who.) So starting over looks different for every person, especially depending on what your marriage looked like in the day-to-day, who initiated the divorce, and how long you were married.

We more than likely never dreamed we'd be on our own, so we never bothered to prepare for that circumstance. Or, if the marriage was extraordinarily difficult, we may find ourselves resisting feelings of relief and excitement, emotions that seem wrong and that invoke guilt.

Feeling as if something or someone has died takes most divorcees by surprise, especially if their marriages were difficult.

But despite those differences, there are some similarities across the board.

When Becky was invited to lunch by a man she met at a bookstore, she was excited.

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