Ten Top Tips to Avoid Post Nuptial DepressionAfter the wedding many brides suffer depression and feel a great sense of anticlimax. The years of planning and preparation are over, the big day has come and gone so now what? Jenni Scott of Bespoken For reveals how to avoid the dreaded down period.1.
Drag it out - Plan to do something with family and friends the day after your wedding and keep your diary full for a week or two. Meet up for a meal, BBQ, tidy hall etc. but make an event out of it.
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Create a DVD - It may be a while before your Video or Photo album is ready so in the meantime ask everyone for their photos/videos and run up a DVD slide show. Then make a date with Family and Friends to View it.
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Start a Scrapbook - Start putting all your bits and pieces together from planning to big day and after.
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Write about your experiences - Take time to put how you feel into words. What made it great what were your best bits. You could share it with other brides to be on forums or in magazines to help them.
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Read all your cards - Take time to go through every card
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Open Presents and start writing Thank you’s
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Get in touch with all the suppliers who helped you, write them letters or notes about your big day and thank them. They would love to hear all about it, and it will be one ear that hasn't heard it all yet.
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Find a Focus - Think about the next event and re-focus all you have into that. Write down your wedding do’s and don’ts and share them with other brides to be’s on wedding forums. Make a recommended list of suppliers and their details that you can pass on to friends who are getting married.
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Go on a date - Take some time out for you and your spouse! go for a long walk, romantic meal. Enjoy the start of your life together.
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Get a new Hobby - What next? Find something new to try or have fun looking!
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