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GRIEF  

The word grief is synonymous with sorrow. Allowing ourselves time to grieve is allowing ourselves time for sorrow. As painful as that is, the reality is that we need to grieve in two different areas in order to heal and move forward in our lives.

The death of a loved one affects every person differently. Dealing with grief effectively can prevent emotional and physical illness.

For many parents, coping with the loss of a spouse is a life altering event. Learning to cope with grief and loss, without further complicating the emotions of the children, is important.

The effects of grief can be overpowering. The timing for recovery is different for everyone. A look at the journey and tips to live through and beyond grief.

Five Truths about Grief and Mourning explain little known facts about grief and mourning, and annihilate some of the misconceptions.

This article is outlining why the Shi'as (Adherants of Prophet Muhammed (pbuh) & his Family) express their grief in the way that they do in the month (in the Islamic calendar) known as Muharram.

Many people experiencing grief due to death of a loved one, or their own impending death, experience these five stages of grief as defined by Kubler-Ross.

People dealing with grief over the death of a loved one are easy prey for sharks.

When someone close to us has a death in the family, sometimes we don't know what to say, or sometimes we say the wrong things. Everyone handles grief in their own way.

Adopted children often have a need to grieve for their loss. How they cope with grief can depend very much on the support around them. Understanding their needs and dealing with the emotions together will help to build firm foundations for a secure and loving family unit.

They look at someone and say that they are strong, and another who they say are breaking down and are a nervous wreck. It is okay to deal with grief in your own way and it doesn't matter what anyone's says, it doesn't take away the pain that you feel inside.

With all the catastrophic events taking place worldwide, so many people are experiencing the loss of loved ones. Here are a few ways to help one cope in the process of overcoming grief.

The past five weeks I have had the privilege of participating in a grief workship that was offered through a non-profit organization.

A grief counselor can help your child to better understand the feelings that they are feeling and ways to express themselves

This article is about complicated grief and what makes it complicated. It also describes some risks and symptoms of complicated grief, as well as gives some ideas of coping with and treating complicated grief.

Every woman will experience grief after a miscarriage. They can expect to go through certain stages of grief.

Guilt is one of the most difficult stages of grief to deal with. You may tell yourself you could have done something differently

The Five Stages of Grief

As a new widow, walking through the stages of grief, loss and abandonment are very very difficult.

Grief is probably the one thing that we will probably be faced with more than anything else in our lifetime. From the time we are old enough to be aware of our surroundings, there is the possibility that we will face grief in some form.

We lost our daughter Jessica to cancer August 5, 2001. Our family lived through 14 months of her illness, treatments and final passing. This story attempts to outline how it affected us and how we walked through it all.

Grief is a very personal journey. Grief can be a term used to encompass other feelings, like guilt, remorse, anger, and fear. But after the funeral, not dealing with the death of a loved one and the loss you feel is the most damaging situation of all.

Recently I revisited my father's grave and found that although time passes, grief does not.

When a sibling passes away unexpectadly, what should you expect to feel? What changes in your life take? How do you handle dealing with grief?

An abnormal reaction to an abnormal situation is normal. Doctors who medicate people for mild, short-term depression may be causing more harm than good.

Dealing with the death of a loved one can be overwhelming. It is commonly known there are five stages in coping with your loss. I would like to share a realistic view.

Imagine losing a loved one, and having to wear black garments and a heavy veil for over a year, with no entertainment of any kind allowed. This is what widows in the Victorian Era endured.

The clouds grew thick as moistest moss; The crowds, they gathered, at a loss. The hosts above, their song they lost, As Jesus laid upon the cross To willingly accept the cost.

This is a compilation of books that will help you get through the difficult challenges of life, books that will inspire you, help you through the grieving process, and help you answer some of your questions about God.

In Lincoln Heights, African Americans make up the majority of their population of 4,113. Octavia Gray, 54, Founder and Executive Director of Granny's Love, has helped families cope with FAS.

A simple choice of pain or death with dignaty maybe obscured by others.

Dealing with divorce, may be one of the most difficult challenges that your child faces.

When you're hurting, and family and friends don't seem to understand, consider calling a bereavement hotline. Let's explore how they function and your role in the experience.

For many men, the grieving process when losing a child is vastly different from that of a woman.

When someone young dies it can feel impossible to understand however no matter at what age we a loved one departs how do you cope?

Just because the solution isn't complicated doesn't mean it won't work.

One of the hardest things in life is to lose your mother. On Mother's Day it's even harder.

Grieving is a very complex lonely journey. Because we do not face the issues surrounding death, we often are very ill equipped to either survive the loss of a loved one, or.. help others who are.

We grieve over a variety of things besides, or in addition to, losing someone we love to death. We grieve the loss of relationships, homes as we move from place to place, jobs, roles we have held... But actually losing someone close to you is very, very different.

Do we as a society join or separate ethical behavior and media practices? Here is an in depth look at what some prominent philosophers would say about a particular instance in today's media.

How I handled preparing for my husband's first military deployment.

As a society, do we have it all wrong when it comes to understanding what happens after losing a loved one?

"It is, in the end, the saving of lives we writers are about.... We do it because we care.... We care because we know this: The life we save is our own."

With the news that President Bush has declared Tuesday, January 2,2007 a National day of Mourning for Gerald R. Ford, I felt the desire to ruminate a bit on what it means to mourn en masse.

Losing someone is always difficult, but for a child it may be a very scary and confusing time.

My Father Died