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Grief & Loss

Losing a loved one is such a painful part of life. I'm so sorry you're hurting. The National Hospice Foundation explains that after losing someone you may feel empty and numb, as if you're in shock. A very helpful article to check out can be found by clicking this link: https://www.nhpco.org/patients-and-caregivers/grief-and-loss/the-grief-experience/what-does-grief-feel-like/
Finding someone to talk to about the grief you are feeling is helpful.
​I'm here to listen and I'd like to meet you. 
What if you didn't lose a loved one but you still feel like you are grieving some kind of loss? Experiencing feelings of loss can be complicated and there are many types of grief.

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I'll explain some of the different types of grief:
Ambiguous grief is when you are grieving for someone that is still physically alive but psychologically they are gone, for example with addiction, dementia, traumatic brain injury, mental illness, etc. ​
Anticipatory grief is when you are grieving someone you haven't lost yet which can often accompany situations when a loved one has a terminal illness.
Delayed grief happens when symptoms of grief aren't experienced until long after a person's death or much later than is typical.
Disenfranchised grief is when your feelings of grief or loss are not supported, treated as insignificant, or otherwise invalidated by the community or society. Situations like loss of a pet, loss of your home, divorce, an aborted/miscarried pregnancy, or losing a loved one due to socially "unacceptable" causes are examples of times when grief is disenfranchised. 
We talk about them, not because we're stuck or because we haven't moved on,
but we talk about them
because we are theirs, and they are ours,
and no passage of time will ever
​change that.
​~ scribbles and crumbs
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we have to make every day. It’s about the choice to show up and be real. The choice to be honest. The choice to let our true selves be seen." 
~ Brene Brown

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