Posted by The Grief Blog on June 7, 2007 · 3 Comments
Writing is a form of self-expression that can be a major factor in how you cope with the death of your loved one. This can be especially important as a supplement to having a small support system or if you live alone. It may also be a special skill you possess that can give you [...]
Posted by The Grief Blog on March 2, 2007 · Leave a Comment
Most traumas, including the death of a spouse are potentially shattering experiences. These events can disrupt the survivor?s social, emotional, and cognitive worlds. Although there has been frequent mention in the literature that traumatic situations cause people to talk about their experiences most evidence has been anecdotal. When someone within a social network dies, members [...]
Posted by The Grief Blog on February 23, 2007 · 1 Comment
Dear Dr. Prigerson,
I just wanted to share with you the response to Ronald Kotulak’s article that we will be putting on our blog. We have been receiving angry e-mails regarding his generalizing your study to bereaved parents. If you or the other authors have any comments please send them off to us and we will [...]
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Posted by The Grief Blog on January 30, 2007 · 3 Comments
Online memorials offer you a space to pen down your poignant memories and thoughts. In a way, it helps bring together grieving people scattered all over the world. In the age of the Internet, online memorials have become an essential part of the grieving process. One of the most popular online memorials available today brings [...]
Posted by The Grief Blog on January 22, 2007 · Leave a Comment
Sometimes life has the habit of kicking us in the teeth, perhaps through no fault of our own. Things gets tough and we have periods of sorrow and hurt, this could be the death of a loved one, a breakup of relationships or sickness. We have two options to dealing with what life throws at [...]
Posted by The Grief Blog on January 20, 2007 · 16 Comments
If you are reading this then something terrible has happened. First let me offer my condolences. As Joan Didion says, “Life changes fast.” Next let me extend a heartfelt welcome. You are now a member of an exclusive club — the club nobody wants to be a member of. And though your world’s turned upside [...]
Posted by The Grief Blog on January 17, 2007 · Leave a Comment
The mental fog that had sheltered me emotionally during those first four months after my husband?s death is slowly, and painfully, beginning to clear. Coincidently, this occurs just as the world around me appears to need me to get out and on with my life. And so, I?m finding that this is an important time [...]
Posted by The Grief Blog on January 15, 2007 · Leave a Comment
The truth of celebration is there often is a bittersweet element to it. Someone may be missing this year in the celebration. The last Christmas my family had with my husband was spent at the hospital and at home.
We had a Christmas tree at both locations. The children were nine and seven. Christmas morning the [...]
Posted by The Grief Blog on January 7, 2007 · Leave a Comment
Grief is one of the hardest things to face in life, and unfortunately it is something which most of us will experience in our time. Writing or reading grief poems and funeral poems is something which many find beneficial in helping them to complete their journey through the bereavement process.
Posted by The Grief Blog on January 1, 2007 · Leave a Comment
Things looking bleak?
When milestone days approach, a holiday, a birthday or deathday, do your emotions tumble downhill as you struggle with lonely, depressing efforts to hold back your feelings? Is the one you really want with someone else, or did he or she pass away, yet you hunger and yearn for whom is missing? [...]
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