Grief and Loss

Grieving Before Graduating

Laura March | Posted 05.30.2012

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Laura March

Grief is not an emotion I expected to experience in college. I struggled to discuss my feelings with classmates who had never considered their parents' mortality.

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Getting Older Without My Mother

Wendy Litner | Posted 05.03.2012

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Wendy Litner

While my mother no longer knows me, she needn't be here to love me.

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Growing Through Loss: A Grief Well Met

Dr. Cara Barker | Posted 05.21.2012

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Dr. Cara Barker

Sometimes loss is literal: the death of someone you love. Sometimes the grief involves what I have come to call a "living loss."

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Movies That Help Parents and Children Understand Grief and Loss

Jeanne Dennis | Posted 05.16.2012

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Jeanne Dennis

Movies are a wonderful way to begin a discussion. With children, especially little kids, it gives them an emotional vocabulary. How does this character feel -- happy, sad, confused. Here's a list of movies and five guided discussion topics.

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Lessons Learned From the Babe Ruth of Relationships

Larry Benet | Posted 05.02.2012

Read More: Love and Relationships, Love, Positive Relationships, Grief, Grief and Loss, Losing a Parent, Dealing With Grief, Parents News
Larry Benet

You didn't have to be a very important person in the world for my mom to be your friend. Her value and respect of all people were built from love.

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Aggrieved Over Grief As A Diagnosis In DSM

Robert David Jaffee | Posted 03.31.2012

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Robert David Jaffee

My concern is that if we add grief, or internet addiction or "Facebook depression" to an already-growing number of diagnoses, we are likely to find that nearly everyone on this planet suffers from mental illness.

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When Does Grief Become Mental Illness?

Joseph Nowinski, Ph.D. | Posted 03.27.2012

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Joseph Nowinski, Ph.D.

We should continue our cultural tradition of recognizing grief as a normal (and expected) human experience. If anything, the grieving person may benefit from support and sympathy, rather than being diagnosed as mentally ill and treated as such.

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Confronting a Terminal Diagnosis as a Family

Joseph Nowinski, Ph.D. | Posted 03.19.2012

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Joseph Nowinski, Ph.D.

The challenges that families must face when confronted with a terminal diagnosis of a loved one are complex. They include evolving new structures and dynamics as the person they love slowly slips away.

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Life Lessons From Loved Ones We Lost In 2011

The Huffington Post | Alana B. Elias Kornfeld | Posted 12.28.2011

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As the year draws to a close, it's only natural to reflect back on the events that had the biggest impact on our lives. For me, it was the loss of my ...

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Losing and Regaining My Sense of Being

Robert D. Stolorow | Posted 02.15.2012

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Robert D. Stolorow

When my traumatized states could not find a hospitable relational home or context of human understanding, I became deadened, and my world became dulled. When such a home became once again present, I came alive, and the vividness of my world returned.

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Grief and Kids: Healing Through Humor

Susan McCorkindale | Posted 10.04.2011

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Susan McCorkindale

My husband was the master of the off the cuff-comment and quick comeback. For almost 22 years of marriage, all I tried to do was keep up. And since his death from cancer in April, all I've tried to do is keep it up.

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The Window

Ginna Christensen | Posted 09.27.2011

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Ginna Christensen

Grief is an emotion many of us have experienced, some of us in unhealthy ways. Here is a short short story about a woman dealing with despair.

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PBS' 'This Emotional Life': When It Comes To Eating Disorder Recovery, Avoid The Endless 'Whys'

Troy Roness | Posted 11.17.2011

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Troy Roness

To have a disease that is invisible to the outside world, yet almost completely deafening on the inside is extremely challenging. But to have insight to one's own personal strength is eternally rewarding.

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Love Survives

Tom Matlack | Posted 11.17.2011

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Tom Matlack

She died in 2008. In 2007, I realized that a lot of my defenses started coming down. I was taking pictures that were more personal, and I was able to better appreciate the little things.

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Journeying Alone Together

Denis Campbell | Posted 11.17.2011

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Denis Campbell

Death, we are often told, is a natural part of life. Yet no matter how much our rational mind nods in agreement, the sudden loss of one so dear leaves victims beyond the family.

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