Grieving is a highly individual experience. There’s no right or wrong way to grieve. How you grieve depends on many factors, including your personality and coping style, your life experience, your faith, and how significant the loss was to you. Inevitably, the grieving process takes time. Healing happens gradually; it can’t be forced or hurried—and there […]
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Loss is an inevitable part of life, and grief is a natural part of the healing process. The reasons for grief are many. Dealing with a significant loss can be one of the most difficult times in a person’s life. Different kinds of loss The more common loss that most people are familiar with is
Death can be extremely difficult for children to comprehend, let alone process. Children younger than six years old are very literal, so they will require a balance of comfort and simple, direct answers. They may have difficulty understanding that a loved one will never return. Children between the ages of six and 10 will likely
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Grief and loss are often themes in young adult literature. In “The Fault in Our Stars” and even the Hunger Games series, death and grief are front and centre. Excellent resources exist for grieving children, and grief support groups are generally developed with adults in mind. Unfortunately, grieving teenagers are often left to fend for
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It is important to understand the differences between the terms “grief/grieving” and “bereavement”. Grief is the psychological-emotional experience following a loss of any kind (relationship, status, job, house, game, income, etc.), whereas bereavement is a specific type of grief related to someone dying. Grief is normal and healthy, and grieving people should honour these feelings
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