Posted by marfaith on June 2, 2005, at 10:36:02
In reply to Re: How long does a person grieve? » marfaith, posted by TofuEmmy on June 1, 2005, at 16:01:37
> Are you in therapy? I ask because you've had two MAJOR losses in three years. That's huge. Processing that without help would be very difficult.
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> There is no answer to "how long", but you probably knew that. In my experience, we don't really stop grieving...it just gets less difficult over time. But what we CAN do is to determine how that loss changed us, and figure out how to accept the new me. For me that was the only way I could go on.
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> You might look up William Worden on the Internet and read about his Tasks of Grief. I've found that to be helpful.
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> If you are not seeing a T, I'd do that soon.
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> hugs, emmy
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>Thanks emmy. I have not seen a therapist. Sometimes I think I need to. I talked to my Internist about it on my last visit and he said that he thought I was too private of a person to truely open up to someone, which may be true. So I don't know if it would work for me. I know I need something. I just feel like I am drowning at times. I know it is something I have to work through. I am having a rough time with it right now. Mother's Day and Father's Day doesn't help. I will look that up on the internet. Thanks again. Mary
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