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Marriage has a significant meaning for human life. It is one of the forms of developmental task fulfillment in early adulthood closely related to partner selection and also as an individual medium to meet individuals spiritual, social and sexual dimensions. Marriage broadly covers relationship which involves husband and wife as to establish a family and as a means of sharing emotional and physical closeness as well as various roles in the family. A married couple usually encounters problems in living married life. Dynamics in a married life are affected by various things which come either from the couple or from the couples family. The dynamics sometimes induce some problems in the marriage, which cause such various impacts on married life as anxiety and individual-s quality of life that may lead to a divorce. The objective of this research us to investigate how individuals go through divorce cases that they experience and their impact on their health. This research used the qualitative research method. Snowball ball sampling was used to determine its samples. They included five divorced persons. The result of the research shows that a process to go through an adversity due to a divorce is a prolonged process and bears an uncertain of success. The divorce impacts on individual-s life after divorce, both of his or her physical health and mental health. Mental and physical health disorders are commonly experienced by some individuals shortly after divorce. Yet, some cannot rise from adversity so that they still experience mental and physical disorders.