The Top 4 Challenges to Your Pre-Wedding Mental Health

So you’ve got the ring on your finger and a date on the calendar (or at least some ideas) but you’re quickly realizing that wedding planning isn’t as magical as you imagined.

You’re not alone!

From the Existential to the Logistical, wedding planning can be one of the most

Overwhelming Seasons in a Woman’s life. 

In fact, engagement and wedding planning prompts many women to seek therapy for the first time. While each bride is unique, we see 4 big themes popping up over and over again with brides:

Interpersonal Conflict and Wedding Drama

The truth is, NOTHING can stir up drama faster than a wedding. From choosing your wedding party to bringing divorced parents together or navigating an addiction in the family, all brides face sticky situations as they make their way to the altar.

Working with a therapist can give you the tools to navigate difficult situations, set healthy boundaries, communicate with loved ones, and even strengthen your relationships as you embark in this next season of your life.

Bridal Burnout

Social media, advertisers, TV and movies all depict engagement and wedding planning as a time of pure joy and bliss. But the reality is that planning a wedding is a big job, which you somehow have to add into your already busy life.

Most brides feel tired, overwhelmed, and isolated. Many become so depleted that they feel like they have pre-wedding depression. (Click here if you want to learn more about the difference between depression and burnout).

Wedding planning burnout is real, and therapy can provide the support and strategies to help you overcome decision fatigue, regain your energy, and bring JOY back into your wedding planning journey.

Wedding Stress and Pre-Wedding Anxiety

Whether you’re prone to anxiety or not, the stress of wedding planning takes its toll on every bride. If you wrestle with personal insecurities, perfectionism, or people pleasing tendencies, this stage can push you into full blown anxiety.

Brides often report unrelenting worry, irritability, anxiety attacks, sleeplessness, migraines, digestive issues, and even heart palpitations as the big day approaches.

Pre-wedding therapy gives you a place to process all that fear and helps you create personalized coping strategies to keep you grounded and help you walk down that aisle with confidence.

Identity Questions and Self-Exploration

As you prepare to tie the knot, you will find yourself asking some serious existential questions: Who am I becoming? Am I really ready to be a Whole Wife? What baggage am I bringing into my marriage? Why am I suddenly having dreams about my ex? How will my parent’s model of marriage or divorce impact me?

Asking these questions is a normal and healthy part of preparing for marriage, and you don’t have to wrestle with them alone. Therapy offers support and clarity to help you step into marriage with confidence and clarity.

If you're ready for real talk, objective feedback, and tactical support to help you survive and thrive through wedding day and into marriage, there's no better team than Wittingly to serve you. Our modern, sisterhood approach to therapy is tailor made to support women at key points of transition and change.

Getting started is easy. Just click below to choose a time and chat with a licensed therapist.

And Most Importantly: Cheers to You and Your Big Day!

xoxo

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