Grief that is not processed or acknowledged can cause long term mental issues.  Complications in grief are due to not facing grief and processing the loss in a healthy fashion.  When we purposely ignore our feelings due to loss, we open ourselves to greater damage down the road.   Grief is part of healing and is essential to adjusting to the loss in a healthy fashion.  If we do not grieve, we will suffer more.  Acknowledging grief is an essential ingredient to recovery.

One cannot dismiss emotion due to shame or fear of weakness, but realize that anything worth love is also worth grieving over.

The article, “The Grief We Avoid Is The Grief That We Need” by LaLaine Dawn looks at how grief is important and essential to the very reality of living.  She states,

“A lot of us are so afraid to admit we are grieving for fear that people may see us as weak or stupid for feeling that way. Honestly, I can’t blame you. In my experience, there were people in my life who would laugh at my grief. They would tell me I deserved to suffer.”

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Grief is hence an important element of the human condition.  It cannot be ignored but must be acknowledged and dealt with.  To learn more, please review our Grief Counseling Certification and see if it meets your academic and professional goals.

Grief is a natural reaction but over time it can become complicated.  Grief that does not adjust to loss but becomes toxic requires assistance.  Counseling can help but sometimes treatment is also needed.  Licensed professional counselors can help with this but usually a simple certified grief counselor can help someone learn to cope with the grief in a healthy way.

The article, “Here’s When It’s Time to See Someone About Your Grief” by Patia Braithwaite states,

“As awful as it feels, grief is a natural human response to losing someone close to you. The intense emotions that come with grief can all be an appropriate part of eventually helping you heal as much as possible. But there are times when grief is even more overwhelming than usual—times when it hinders your life and happiness long-term”

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Complicated grief can become a big issue if not treated.  Please also review our Grief Counseling Certification and see if it meets your academic and professional goals.

Grief is a reaction to loss.  It is natural but overtime grief can become toxic to the body.  Long term and pathological grief can weaken the body and affect it negatively.  This is why it is important to ensure you are grieving in a healthy fashion.  If not, one should seek help and counseling.

The article, “How Grief Shows Up In Your Body” by Stephanie Hairston looks at the negative effects of adverse grief in one’s life.  She states,

“What causes these physical symptoms? A range of studies reveal the powerful effects grief can have on the body. Grief increases inflammation, which can worsen health problems you already have and cause new ones. It batters the immune system, leaving you depleted and vulnerable to infection. The heartbreak of grief can increase blood pressure and the risk of blood clots.”

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The loss of a child and stillborn birth is a very traumatic type of loss for parents.  This type of loss robs the parents of anything before life is able to experienced outside the womb.  Cases vary if the child dies before or during birth, but the blunt reality of losing one’s child on its birthday is a cold reality that few ever recover from.

The article, “Parents Mourning Stillbirth Follow Familiar Patterns on YouTube” by Christine Ro looks at some of the familiar patterns by parents from youtube.  The article states, 

“For 24 agonizing hours, Monica Franco-Pineda prepared to deliver a stillborn baby. She and her husband, Walter, had learned on Oct. 14, 2010, four days past her due date, that their son, Gabriel, no longer had a heartbeat. “I had a lot of time to digest what was going to happen,” she remembers.”

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When death happens in a business setting it can upset the entire organization.  The surviving colleague needs to take up the slack and help the organization forward.  How to deal with this type of loss though can have many effects on the team.  Many secondary losses can also be experienced as a whole to the company.

The article, “When a Colleague Dies, CEOs Change How They Lead” by Guoli Chen states,

“If the person doing the thinking is among the upper echelons of an organization, the recognition that their time on earth is all too finite can have a widespread impact across their company.”

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After losing a child, many come to your side and listen.  Many feel horrible about your loss and look to comfort you as well. However, soon as time goes by, even years, the need to discuss the loss becomes less and less.  For those who never experience this, it appears over, but for those who have children or who have loss a child, realizes that such losses never go away.  One may learn to adjust but the pain never ceases.  In this way, it is another pain suffered by parents when the life of a child loss is years later no longer a topic.

Others are fearful to discuss the loss of a child at any time.  They fear the topic is too taboo or do not know how to bring up such a tragedy.  In many cases, this makes it worse for the bereaved parents as well, who need the outlet to discuss the loss itself.

The article, ‘When people don’t want to talk about your child, it feels very lonely’ by Chloe Booker addresses this sadness.  She states,

“The number one thing you can do to help someone in this scenario is to just talk about their child. It’s no different to a child on earth, to a child no longer here with us, you still want to talk about them.”

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Good article on dealing with anxiety, depression and mental illness.   These things should not be a stigma but treated as any other health issue.  Mental health is key to an overall healthy life.

The article, “Dealing With Anxiety, Mental Illness and Grief” by Judith Newman states, 

“Anxiety” is a mild term for what can be a severe mental illness. In fact, anxiety disorders of various degrees are among the most common mental illnesses in America, affecting more than one in five adults.

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With anxiety being so common, as well as depression, we as a society need to be more focused on helping others through these things.  Certified Grief Counselors can help identify these more complicated health issues and direct individuals to licensed counselors for help.  Please also review our Grief Counseling Certification to learn more how you can help.  The program is open to licensed counselors as well.

Stillbirth is a very taboo subject.  So much that even in the past, the still born child was not given to the grieving mother or father to hold or see.  This has changed recently and the importance of holding the deceased child is critical to grieving.  Yet, even after this event, it becomes a very taboo subject that is rarely addressed in later years for fear of bringing up bad memories.  This leads to more complications to the grieving parents

The article, ” ‘We want to talk’: Why the silence around stillbirth has to end” by  Bruce McMillan states,

“On August 3, 2012, two days after being told that our baby had died in utero at 38 weeks and three days for no known reason, our son, Liam Henry, was stillborn. As a result of our loss we discovered how lacking in empathy most people are to those who have had a stillborn child. They often respond with “Oh, you can just have another child” as if it is just an unfortunate incident, a bit like losing your wallet.”

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