Personal, helpful, concise, direct, informative. Ferebee isn't afraid to go deep into some taboo topics: contemplating suicide, porn and masturbation, human mortality. Pick it up once you're out of crisis mode, done wallowing in self-pity, and ready to move forward.
However, some of the suggestions are almost laughable when your "breakup" is actually a sudden divorce after over a decade of marriage and you have several children together:
- Avoid seeing her for a certain amount of time? Impossible. I have to see her almost daily because of the kids.
- More money to spend on myself and not on her? Not with the terms of our divorce settlement, no.
- Remove her from social media? Ok, but even if I could ignore her completely, I still have to field frequent, painful questions from the kids, talk my friends and family into being civil, and diplomatically interact with the now ex-in-laws.
The Bottom line... Once you can actually listen to Joy Division again without breaking down and sobbing, pick up this and a copy of Marcus Aurelius' "Meditations" for a much needed dose of real perspective. Stay calm, maintain a steady course, and remind yourself that everything is transitory.