Happily Ever After...NOT!
Femina|November 2022
Post-wedding blues are common, but there are ways to cope.
Ravina M Sachdev
Happily Ever After...NOT!

You've walked down the aisle, taken the pheras, and said "I do." Now what? Once you've got hitched, you would expect to experience pure marital bliss, but the reality is that you might not, and you're not alone. "Post wedding depression is real; it describes the feeling of anticlimax after the ceremony and the honeymoon are over and the reality or ordinariness of regular life sets in," reveals Rishita Makhija, Mumbai-based life coach. It comes from your body going through an emotional withdrawal after experiencing an intense high from all the planning and preparation and, finally, the wedding itself.

WHY, WHY, WHY?

This story is from the November 2022 edition of Femina.

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