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Its hard to distinguish what makes a person resilient. The death of a loved one can have a profound effect, and whilst we know that loss is forever, acute grief is not. A small minority of people have a much harder time of dealing with grief.
In the current issue of Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, a group of French investigators headed by Guy Chouinard presents data that indicate that grief after the loss of a significant other may become a disease. [continue reading…]
Grief can’t be shared. Everyone carries it alone, his own burden, his own way.
— Anne Morrow Lindbergh
A death of a loved one, a job loss, the end of a marriage, an illness or disability. Everyone faces losses and grief, but the toll that grief can take on the mind and body can catch many people by surprise.
The December issue of Mayo Clinic Women’s Health Source provides an overview of grief — a normal reaction to loss. In years past, grief often was described as following a certain pattern or orderly progression from one feeling to another. [continue reading…]
