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Spending Mother’s Day with Ghosts: Mother’s Day Grief

Posted on by Dominick Flarey

According to tradition, I will spend this Mother’s Day torn between life and death. In one hand I will feel the tangible grasp of my daughter’s soft hand; in one-half of my mind I will be smiling; and in one-half of my heart I will feel the warmth of my family’s love and appreciation.

Source: www.whatsyourgrief.com

A good article about Mother’s Day Grief.  How do individuals handle the loss of their mother or being a mother and losing a child?  This article looks at some ways to express this grief

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Grief Counselor Says It’s OK to Mourn a Fictional Character’s Death

Posted on by Dominick Flarey

How fans can cope with the deaths of their favorite characters on ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ and other shows

Source: time.com

Would this be considered disenfranchised as the article states or simply mental issues?  As Grief Counselors, a loss is a loss and it needs to be addressed.  Maybe the loss affects the person due to a  memory of how a loved one similarly die?  We cannot know and must address all loss.   Some individuals can become depressed over losing a sporting game?  Is this to be mocked as well?

Yes it is true, we could easily say, “get a life” but in doing so we are diminishing the loss within the person and also maybe ignoring other deeper issues that exist within the person

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Feeling Nothing During Grief

Posted on by Dominick Flarey

There are so many things one can feel in this life – anger, joy, jealousy, love, shame, happiness, embarrassment, amusement, sadness, euphoria, frustration.  The roller coaster of emotion whips over high peaks, spins, and dips over and over and over – it’s thrilling and it’s scary and it’s one hell of a ride.

Source: www.whatsyourgrief.com

Excellent article about grief support and how we can feel nothing.  Sometimes it can be part of complicated grief, in other cases, feeling numb or nothing at all can also be part of normal grief support as well. Anhedonia can be normal to some extent but if continued over a long period of months, then it may be time to discuss it with a licensed counselor.

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Digital Life: To tweet or not about death, dying

Posted on by Dominick Flarey

Is it acceptable to blog about your illness from your hospital bed? How about if you’re dying? What about a son tweeting from his mother’s bedside in the ICU?

Source: www.usatoday.com

Social media is making the world a smaller place and opening people to many new ways of expression.  Dying and death are big issues that are becoming normalized in our everyday lives as we discover the death of a friend or relative online.  What is proper use of these technologies?  This article looks at to tweet or not to tweet.

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Tips for Teaching a Death and Dying Class in Your Community

Posted on by Dominick Flarey

If you are searching for a way to improve end-of-life awareness and make a lasting impact on society you might consider teaching a class on death and dying at your local community college.

Source: www.huffingtonpost.com

A good article for certified bereavement counselors to review and apply to their potential teaching and instruction regarding death and dying in the classroom setting

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What would you tell your younger self about grief?

Posted on by Dominick Flarey

When my mother died, I knew nothing about grief. Truthfully, I knew nothing about life either. Like most, I entered grief with nothing more than a handful of assumptions and a few preconceived notions.

Source: www.whatsyourgrief.com

Grief is something that can only be experienced to truly understand it.  i am sure for those who have experienced grief and loss on a larger scale, there is much they can share and probably would like to share with their younger selves, but the reality is we have to go through it to learn and only through these crosses do we grow.

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By Sharing Death on the Web, Dying May Not Feel So Alone

Posted on by Dominick Flarey

When terminal illness is chronicled for all the world to witness, the end of life takes on new meaning

Source: time.com

Ideas on death and dying are more universally seen in personal cases now due to the advances in social media and how it has become a staple in American culture.   This can broaden the conversation about death and dying and expose what used to be a private thing and make it more public and known to those who seek to avoid discussing it

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The Role of the Acute Stress Response in Grief

Posted on by Dominick Flarey

I want you to think about the worst moment of your life.  When was it?   What was happening?

Source: www.whatsyourgrief.com

An excellent article that looks how individuals respond to traumatic news.  With any sad or bad news, within the the first minutes, our body has an acute stress response, in grief this has been researched via Kubler Ross, Worden, Rando, etc.  The flight or fight mechanism in our body.  This article looks deeper into these ideas.

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The Unprecedented Nature of Individual Grief

Posted on by Dominick Flarey

If I had a nickel for every time I’ve heard someone say they like ambiguity, I’d be pretty broke.  Studies show that making ambiguous decisions (based on little or conflicting evidence) actually activates areas of the brain associated with processing fear and emotion; thus proving that fear of the unknown is more than just an ominous …

Source: www.whatsyourgrief.com

Good article reminding us that grief while a empirical study based upon group studies of people and how they socially and emotionally react to loss, is still nonetheless a very individual experience.  To completely classify it, while important, still can be disastrous when dealing with an individual.

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8 Reasons Why Winter is the Worst (for grievers)

Posted on by Dominick Flarey

What’s cold, icy, really uncomfortable, and sometimes makes you sad? Gosh darn winter, that’s what. You can spare me your affinity for skiing, fresh fallen snow and curling up by a warm fire because I will swiftly counter with wet socks, slush, and lack of sunlight.

Source: www.whatsyourgrief.com

An excellent article on Winter and those who are going through the grieving process.  This article looks over 8 reasons why winter is the worst for grievers.

If you are grieving, see what relates and see if you can help yourself in regards to some of the issues that may be affecting you beyond the grief

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