Hi, I’m Orion.

It came out of nowhere

When my parents divorced, I felt things I had never felt before. I felt abandoned. I felt hurt. And I felt like the divorce was somehow my fault.

I lived with my dad so I could finish school, while my mom was dealing with her own health and wasn’t living with us. My dad would talk to me about how he was feeling, and I didn’t realize how much his feelings were affecting mine. I started to feel like it was my job to take care of him.

It changed how I was with other people too. I got scared of getting close to anyone, because I was worried they would leave me.

What actually helped

My parents found me a therapist I felt safe opening up to, and it helped so much. Before therapy, I was barely making any progress on my own. I didn’t understand why I felt the way I did, so I couldn’t do much about it.

Between my therapist and my parents’ support, things slowly got better. And I kept thinking about how much harder it would have been without either of them.

Why this site is free

I believe every kid deserves the kind of help I had. So I built this site to help you understand what you’re feeling and what a divorce actually is, in a way that’s good for your mental health. No ads, no cost, nothing to buy.

• Understand your feelings, with a step-by-step walk-through for each one
• Track how you feel over time in your own private space
• Breathing exercises and affirmations for when things feel big
• Learn what divorce actually means, in plain words
• Find free people to talk to, any time

If you’re going through it right now

I couldn’t control what happened with my parents. You can’t control what happens with yours either, and none of it is your fault. But you can take care of yourself while it happens, and you don’t have to do it alone.

If any of what I felt sounds like you, these might be a good place to start: feeling abandoned, feeling like you have to be the grown-up, or feeling like it’s your fault.

It gets better. I promise.Orion