Post-Wedding Depression

Girl me too! And I keep going over the things I wish I'd done differently, little insignificant details like hanging the streamers differently and pictures I wish we'd gotten. I need something new to obsess over lol

I'm so worried about that, I'm already on anti depression medication so I can't imagine after two 1/2 years of planning how i'm going to be when we get back from our minimoon... I heard things do get better over time. On another note I am looking forward to getting my time, money, and sleep back with nothing to stress over LOL. Hang in there girl, you'll be alright! You still have WW

I am worried about this too. I spend every waking moment obsessing about my wedding. I don't know what I am going to do with my time when it is all over

I definitely felt like that after my first wedding. Eventually I moved into other things, but I missed wedding planning, a lot. Normal!

I was JUST thinking about that the other day... like i spend most all my nights doing wedding stuff and most my lunch breaks... what will i do after?!?! i'm having SO much fun... i'm HOPING we'll just get pregnant right away so i can focus on that otherwise i dont know what i'll do besides drive my FH/H CRAZY! lol

@Future Mrs Bryce, same here about hoping to get pregnant right away! Haha. I know I'll have post-wedding blues after a 1.5 year engagement. FH and I have decided we'll start trying right after the wedding. I hope it doesn't take too long!

Agreed with Future Mrs. Bryce and Amanda G. I know I will need something to do after all it's said and done.

Agree with Future Mrs Bryce and Amanda G too. FH and I already discussed this and made a "deal" in (lack of better words). We are buying a house at the beginning of next year which will be a 3 bedroom 2 bath. He wants to make one of the rooms his "man cave" and I wanted a nursery just because LOL. So I came up with a "deal" that he can have his "man cave" with his RC cars (I HATE those things) his game systems etc, if the other room can be a nursery and we start trying to get pregnant at the end of this year (might change it to after we get settled in the house). What he doesn't know is which ever of those two bedrooms are bigger is MINE for the nursery LOL!!!

I'm planning on making my own photo album from the showers to the end of the honeymoon. scrap book style. Also 1 for my parents and his parents. That should keep me busy for a while. Maybe u could do something like that!

Good Post ! There are some good answers here.

Yeah, we plan to get pregnant next year so that will be my next obsession!

Depression is a normal emotion no matter what the thing is that you are obsessing over. I would however suggest that you find a cconstructive outlet, maybe help us engaged girls out with their prewedding issues.

I know exactly what you are feeling! I heard about brides getting depressed after the wedding, but I didn't think it would happen to me. So now that the wedding day is over I feel so depressed. I feel as if it went by waaaaaaay too fast. I thought I would have had more time to take it all in, chat with guests, take a break from dancing, etc. It felt like from the moment I walked down the aisle that it all happened in a blink of an eye! I feel sad that from all the excitement and being pulled in a million directions at the reception that I can hardly remember the details............... like what my table setting looked like. Doesn't help that my very expensive photographer decided to take too much Xanax and could hardly hold the camera and left early. I feel jipped that I don't even have photos to remind me of all the little details. I am sure the depression will go a way. The best part is I do have an amazing husband! So I just have to keep that in mind

After I complete a big project, I find a new one. Maybe a home improvement, learn a new craft, take a class or plan a vacation!

Also volunteering will keep you busy & is very rewarding. You won't be depressed when you are helping others.

I know how you feel. After our wedding, we actually did another "day after shoot". Afterwards, I kept on reliving our day by playing our wedding video over and over again.

I'm so depressed it's been 2 weeks ago I was married. I did plan a huge wedding but due to lack of funds and the recent floods we decided that the courthouse was the best venue. The only courthouse that was opened was in another county so everyone that planned on coming did not attend. But since the wedding my husband and I have been arguing every day. Our wedding night we didn't consummate about 2/3 days ago we finally did and we haven't done it since. But I felt violated when we did. We haven't spoken to each other since. Omg... I'm afraid and thinking of moving out of state. Everyone says suck it up but how? I'm not big on expressing feelings or thoughts and am b not into taking medications. So what now?

I feel the exact same way right now.....I don't know what to do! How long did it take you to move on?

I feel so sad that my wedding is over. I can't stop crying.....and I am not a person that cries a lot, that's supposed to be my sister's job! There were a series of circumstances surrounding our wedding date and we ended up moving it to about a 6 month engagement....and now I'm feeling like I moved it too soon and wasn't able to appreciate it. We got engaged in August, and had planned for a May wedding, after I finished school. Then my sister (maid of honor) got pregnant and her due date was in April, she didn't want to have a newborn at the wedding so we moved it up to March. Then we accidentally got pregnant...so we moved it up again to the beginning of Feb. I was in school....working...planning a wedding....I had so much going on that part of me wanted it to be over. But now I am desperately regretting that I felt that way! It was the most special and beautiful day of my life.....in ways I never even imagined I would be touched by. And I can't seem to shake this overwhelming feeling of loss that I did not truly get to enjoy it all......I am so sad. I never thought I would feel this way!

I'm the opposite. I can see myself wishing I could do it all over again, but a month or two after the wedding we are moving to CA from VA so I have other things I am going to be worried about. Also, I need to completely start over, make new friends, get a new car and job and build my life over there from scratch. I am in a completely different place though than some other brides on here so I can understand the situation. I'm just one of the brides who honestly wasn't too into the wedding planning and has been very indecisive with everything.