This post about “lockdown loneliness” is for you if you live alone, regardless of the reason you do. It was written for widows in a group I run, but certainly applies to anyone without a companion now who is self-isolating and feeling the effects in this era of Covid 19. Even those who have someone else in the household may find this useful.
When people are grieving deeply, they still associate the loved one’s belongings with him or her as a person. Eventually they come to realize they are only things. The things may evoke important memories or feelings that make people continue to feel sentimental about them. They really do not represent the person you loved and have lost.
I think we heal to an extent but perhaps never completely. We are forever changed.
Our messages from dreams may be an important part of our grief journey or grief work. The grief journey is usually not one that has an easy-to-spot final destination on a map.
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The Grief That Doesn’t Wait For Death © Iris J. Arenson-Fuller (This is an article of mine that was published some years back in a now-defunct magazine.) Grief is not …
(This is a reprint of an article I wrote years ago. I thought it was appropriate, since we are approaching Mother’s Day 2017. Lilacs …
This is a post about corsets, brassieres, living in the past and change. This is a post for women that I hope will be meaningful to you. Some men …
Why we must ask for help when we are stressed, overwhelmed or have a personal or family crisis