Men suffer a lot more than women after divorce

I always thought that divorce hurts families and based on the number of emails (if you want to share your story, please write to us) that we receive from women, it is devastating to them. They start to doubt themselves and their self esteem becomes low. Many women are severly depressed and find it very hard to date after the divorce. Some refuse to remarry or continue to have problems in their next relationship.

All this time, we all assumed that men just moved on, probably found a younger chick, and never looked back.

Not true. According to an analysis by Statistics Canada (and I am confident that the results are valid for most of us in the West), men are six time more likely to get depressed compared to happily married men. According to Michelle Rotermann, the author of the study, "On the one hand we know depression in general tends to be more common among women, but there is also a lot of evidence that shows that men have fewer social supports and social support does seem to play a role."

So if you are a recently divorced man and don't feel right, chances are you are depressed. So get some help. And friends and family members of men who have recently divorced, if you don't see things are right, please provide some support and ask him to get professional help.

And to all those women who might date just divorced men, be patient and don't judge too fast. If you think that he does not seem "normal," don't just dump him (though it is fine to end the relationship in a civil manner) but make sure that he meets with a therapist and gets psychiatric help. There is a reason Prozac is a bestselling drug.