Grief Changes Over Time
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Grief is a normal process but it can get complicated.
Grief counselor Nancy Frumer Styron discusses some of the variables that can complicate the grieving process: multiple losses within weeks of each other, past experiences of loss, mental illness.
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A bereaved mom: “I battled with guilt for a long time. Did we do her a disservice by keeping her on this earth for 5 months? I am learning to relinquish that because we had no clue.”
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Ways we continue our bonds with our child and how they shift over time
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We are learning to be patient, rebuilding slowly.
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Parenting a Medically Complex Child: Grieving Before & After (bereavement)
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"When she was alive, we invited people in. We are learning how to help people connect with us again."
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How I've been processing my grief.
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Grief is a normal process but it can get complicated.
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Processing grief happens in lots of different ways.
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An on-going, never-ending state of being.
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I love looking at his things.
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My grief has changed over the years but it still gets me at random times.
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"I find her in things. Sometimes it hits out of the blue."
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