DR. WEIDE's GRIEF HELP BLOG
Please participate in my new blog!
Are you a bereaved griever? Based on my own experience as a young widow many years ago, on what I hear from others, and what I read in newspapers and books, I will regularly update this blog.
We will discuss one of the overwhelmingly difficult aspects of coping with traumatic bereavement: the lack of understanding by our environments of what we are going through. We are supposed to "get over it", "get a life", "move on", "just have another child", "think of all the good things in our lives", "think of all those who are much worse off than we are", "get a volunteer job." These are quotes, and you most likely have heard similar meaningless comments which have made you wonder why you just could not do what these well-meaning individuals recommended.
I would like to engage in a discussion with those of you who have heard and continue to hear such advice. And feel pressured by your environments' expectations. Since we have had similarly traumatic losses, this is a safe place to provide support to each other.
We have been there and understand each other!
Please be patient with me - I am having technical problems with updating the blog and am working on fixing them.
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