What you need to know about funerals, cremation, grief, & more
Today we’re going to look at inhibited grief. Grief is a person’s response to a loss. Any loss of something you held importantly can cause a grief reaction. The whirlwind of emotions is a completely normal response to trials, tragedy, and bereavement. But… Are you trying to avoid your pain and loss? Are you keeping …
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Masked grief can be a severe form of grief and may require counseling to deal with it. Everyone has their way of dealing with grief, whether they accept their grief and deal with it or push their grief aside. How do you handle grief? Do you let it out and start to heal, or do …
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We will all suffer grief, but we don’t need to go through it alone. There are many options for finding help and support. Once you know the specific type of grief counseling you want or need, your web browser is a great starting point. You can type in your search bar, “grief counseling near me.” …
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Today we’re going to talk about exaggerated grief. What is it? Are there specific symptoms or warning signs? What do you need to know about it? Grief is a global emotion. Everyone will suffer from it, but it affects everyone differently. Sadness, anxiety, and feelings of loneliness are all part of grief. But how do …
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How do you tell a child that a loved one has died? When a loved one passes, handling grief can be difficult enough for us grown-ups, and talking to children about death can be more difficult still. Yet children too must grieve, and helping a child through the loss of a loved one – be …
Children grieve too. It just looks different from how adults grieve. Grief affects children just like it does everyone. It is healthy for a child to mourn a death, be sad, and work through the grieving process. Read on to find out how you can help your child or someone else’s child on this challenging …
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Grief hits hard. Really hard. So much so that emotional distortions can happen. This is known as distorted grief.
Grief journaling offers an elementary yet surprisingly helpful way to cope with your bereavement. All you need to do is grab a pen and paper and start writing.
What are the 12 stages of the grieving process? I thought there were just 5 stages of grief. Now there’s twelve?!? If this sounds overwhelming and depressing, keep reading. The “stages of grief” are models designed to help you understand and work through grief in a healthy way. So with a bit of understanding, I …
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Disenfranchised grief refers to any grief that goes unnoticed or unacknowledged by your family and friends, or by society at large. This type of grief also sometimes known as hidden grief or hidden sorrow. Perhaps you feel like no one understands your grief or what you are going through. Or perhaps others think that you …
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