Post-wedding blues: The crash after the bash

You were looking forward to the big day for months, perhaps years. And then it finally comes – you’re now married! For some newlyweds though, the wedding ceremony is unceremoniously followed by falling off cloud nine into an emotional hole, a phenomenon known as post-wedding blues. Psychologist Julia Scharnhorst, who heads the health psychology department of the Professional Association of German Psychologists (BDP), explains what sparks those emotions, and how to climb out of the hole. What causes post-wedding blues? You put a lot of time, energy, money – and your heart and soul – into planni…

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