Coping with a loss of any kind can be emotionally draining, mentally taxing
and physically exhausting. Usually one loss leads to many others as we make changes to some or all of our lives as a result of it.
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The dying and death of a parent trigger a process of initiation, sometimes one that is long overdue. In the basic pattern that applies to all initiations, we feel tortured. We die over and over again as we have to let go of old beliefs, structures, and ways of being. We die to who we were...
Brief Tips about Self-Care and Self-Help Following Disasters
by National Center For Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
The emotional effects of the recent terrorist attacks will be felt by people everywhere: victims, bereaved family members, friends, rescue workers, emergency medical care providers, mental-health care providers, witnesses to the event, volunteers, members of the media, and citizens of the community, the country, and the world.
Depression After Loss Of A Child
by Jim BalthazorCindy Dix , R.N.
Well we have experienced the two year mark here recently and that old cloud of depression and sadness has found a spot to reside for a while. I wish it wasn't that way, but I have found the there are things that do depress my family and myself about Kirk's death. As a family we try to do things that perk us up and we can get that accomplished, but still there are the times that are just down. I have asked Cindy Dix, RN to talk about depressions and what we experience and some ways that we can combat it.
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