Teddi Open Up about her Feelings Post Divorce
Original article link: https://people.com/teddi-mellencamp-says-loneliness-is-constant-ache-amid-divorce-from-husband-edwin-arroyave-8776404
"I don't know if those loneliness feelings mean that I've made a mistake or this is just something I have to get used to," Mellencamp shared
The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills alum, 43, shared on the latest episode of her Diamonds in the Rough podcast that she is still coming to terms with being apart from Arroyave, whom she split with in November after 13 years of marriage.
“I enjoy my alone time. I need to, like, recharge all of these things, but there's moments that I'm feeling now, where I feel really lonely,” Mellencamp said. “And I don't know if those loneliness feelings mean that I've made a mistake or this is just something I have to get used to, and this is, like, the new change in my life.”
Psychotherapist Dr. Nadine Macaluso, who was a guest on the show, then chimed in and asked the TV personality to elaborate more on her feelings of loneliness and encouraged her to explore where those feelings came from.
“Teddi, I remember the loneliness being, like, painful. I remember it's like an ache,” Macaluso said. Mellencamp admitted, “it's a constant ache that I'm trying to, like, fake my way through.”
“... And there's shame too. Right? You mentioned shame,” Macaluso inquired, to which the reality star agreed, “So much shame.”
Mellencamp explained that “there's been a lot of ups and downs in my life,” which began from her childhood after her father, singer John Mellencamp, had an affair with her mother, and she didn’t want to pass down that chaos to her own children. She shares three children with Arroyave — Slate, 12, Cruz, 10 and Dove, 4.
Original article link: https://people.com/teddi-mellencamp-says-loneliness-is-constant-ache-amid-divorce-from-husband-edwin-arroyave-8776404
"I don't know if those loneliness feelings mean that I've made a mistake or this is just something I have to get used to," Mellencamp shared
The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills alum, 43, shared on the latest episode of her Diamonds in the Rough podcast that she is still coming to terms with being apart from Arroyave, whom she split with in November after 13 years of marriage.
“I enjoy my alone time. I need to, like, recharge all of these things, but there's moments that I'm feeling now, where I feel really lonely,” Mellencamp said. “And I don't know if those loneliness feelings mean that I've made a mistake or this is just something I have to get used to, and this is, like, the new change in my life.”
Psychotherapist Dr. Nadine Macaluso, who was a guest on the show, then chimed in and asked the TV personality to elaborate more on her feelings of loneliness and encouraged her to explore where those feelings came from.
“Teddi, I remember the loneliness being, like, painful. I remember it's like an ache,” Macaluso said. Mellencamp admitted, “it's a constant ache that I'm trying to, like, fake my way through.”
“... And there's shame too. Right? You mentioned shame,” Macaluso inquired, to which the reality star agreed, “So much shame.”
Mellencamp explained that “there's been a lot of ups and downs in my life,” which began from her childhood after her father, singer John Mellencamp, had an affair with her mother, and she didn’t want to pass down that chaos to her own children. She shares three children with Arroyave — Slate, 12, Cruz, 10 and Dove, 4.