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Grief can cause damage to your body, physically, emotionally, and spiritually. How can you tell if what you are feeling is “normal” grief? When should you seek help? How long will you feel like this? Read on and learn about grief and its symptoms.
Grief. We all will experience it at some point. But what about when the losses keep accumulating, keep coming one after another?
What does “R.I.P.” mean? Do people still say it? What’s the best way to express the wish that a loved one may rest in peace? If you or someone you know has lost a loved one, it’s appropriate to put words to your wish that they may be at peace, wherever they are now. Here …
Grief, mourning, and bereavement are different from each other? The answer is yes, they are different. Don’t feel bad if you didn’t realize that, because you are not the only one. A lot of people use the words interchangeably.
What is collective grief, and what causes it? How – and why – do we grieve as a community, a country, or even the world? I can think of a couple of significant events. COVID-19 and 9/11 come to mind. What about the bush fires in Australia, Hurricane Eta in Central America, and the flash …
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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 …