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Dear Annie: I’m trying to start over after heartbreak and family issues

A 51-year-old high school teacher began divorce proceedings after discovering her husband's secret child, causing trauma and heart palpitations, and prompting him to leave their home.

  • Recently, a 51-year-old high school teacher discovered her husband had a secret affair and fathered a child with the other woman, so she asked him to leave and began divorce proceedings.
  • Her two daughters, both in university, stay distant at the couple's home, and she recently hosted Christmas alone, bursting into tears in the kitchen afterward.
  • She reports serious heart palpitations after the shock and says she needs therapy but doesn't know any therapists nearby, using the Psychology Today therapist finder and virtual sessions.
  • Annie Lane wrote that children pulling away, a marriage ending in betrayal and stress would leave anyone shaken, and she affirmed the teacher was right to protect her sanity by asking the husband to leave.
  • Practical steps recommended include telling her two daughters how she feels, being clearer about her needs, considering a hobby/book club, and changing hosting if it leaves her drained, Annie Lane suggested.
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Dear Annie: Daughters’ distance, husband’s affair and heart palpitations all piling on at once

Dear Annie: I really enjoy reading your column. I have a problem of my own I’d like some help with.

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Dear Annie: Midlife, heartbreak and starting over

Advice from Annie Lane.

·Anchorage, United States
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