It’s been an extremely difficult few years in my family because the dark, forbidden shadow was caste on loved ones, who left us behind. I have had my fair share of grieving and bereavement. Being a therapist, everyone expects me to be strong and deal with everything with reason and understanding. Sometimes, even the therapist …
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Death: The Final Stage 5 : Harmony
D– Denial E- Enrage A-Acknowledgement & Adjustment T–Torment H-Harmony ‘Time heals’…is what everyone said to me, when I lost my Dad. It didn’t feel that way even after months of missing and aching for him. I thought I was actually getting there- feeling myself again. However, after the 1st anniversary of his death, the pain and memories came floating …
Death: The Final Edge- Stage 4 : Torment
D– Denial E- Enrage A-Acknowledgement & Adjustment T–Torment H-Harmony Months have passed by and your life seems to be living. You have worked through such deep feelings and although you still dearly miss the person you lost, you seemed to be strutting forward day by day. Your heart and soul still pines for the hugs and chats. Your heart …
Death: The Final Edge- Stage 3 Acknowledgement and Adjustment
It has been a while coming back to my blog writing. I’ve been focusing on my book which is in its final editing stages so I’m really happy and excited about publishing it. I really want to finish these series of blogs on Losing a loved one, which is actually the final edge for us, …
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Death: The Final Edge- Stage 2: Enrage
D– Denial E- Enrage A-Acknowledgement & Adjustment T-Torment H-Harmony After experiencing the tragic loss of a loved one, weeks of denial, envelopes our whole being. We launch a brew of extreme anger in our minds. I describe this anger as ‘launch’ because it mentally feels like a rocket launching. It starts off slowly and then being to take momentum …
Death: The Final Edge- Stage 1: Denial
D– Denial E- Enrage A-Acknowledgement & Adjustment T-Torment H-Harmony Following on from my introduction blog on grief after the loss of someone special, the first stage of healing is actually Denial. Everything I write about is an accumulated expressions of feelings, thoughts and behaviours experience by my patients, friends or family after they underwent an emotional roller-coaster …
Death: The Final Edge
It’s been an extremely difficult few years in my family because the dark, forbidden shadow was caste on loved ones, who left us behind. So I have had my fair share of grieving and bereavement. I had to use my knowledge and expertise to re-programme my mind so that I could feel happy again. Yes, …