Grief and Psychological Disorder: Understanding the Diathesis-Stress Model

Grief and Psychological Disorder: Understanding the Diathesis-Stress Model

Sometimes grief can cause such extreme distress that it becomes unclear to the person what they are really dealing with. I…
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Grief and Gender: Intuitive and Instrumental Grief

We are usually pretty hesitant to even hint at categorizing, labeling, or classifying grief. There are so many different grief…
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Sharing Memories on Mother's Day

Last year around Mother's Day I read an article that has really stuck with me called Dear Kids by John…
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Spending Mother's Day with Ghosts: Mother's Day Grief

According to tradition, I will spend this Mother’s Day torn between life and death. In one hand I will feel…
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feeling nothing during grief

Feeling Nothing During Grief: The Experience of Emotional Numbness

Listen to a podcast episode on a this topic: There are so many things one can feel in this life -…
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The State of Good Grief Support: Impressions from the ADEC annual conference

This past week, in a Grand Hyatt a quarter of a mile from San Antonio's River Walk, hundreds of professionals…
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What would you tell your younger self about grief?

When my mother died, I knew nothing about grief. Truthfully, I knew nothing about life either. Like most, I entered…
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Grief Support Groups: Positives and Pitfalls

The suggestion to "check out a grief support group" seems to be indiscriminately offered to people after the death of a loved one.…
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You Remind Me: People who remind us of our loved ones

Last night I watched ABC's special "The Untold Story of 'The Sound of Music.'" I stopped on the special because I…
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