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Self-Care, Help, and Letting in Comfort

December 10, 2019 by Emma Pearson Leave a Comment

I have been pondering comfort, self-care, and help – what each of them is, to me, and what makes one or other easier and/or more accessible than another. Here is where I am at. And no, I have done no Googling or other research into what each of them is. Just research in my own life and experience. They are oft-used terms in Griefland – wobbly…

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed Therapy, Multiple Losses, Miscellaneous Tagged With: multiple losses, therapy, help, support, widow self care, seeking comfort, Child Loss, widowed

My Annual Milestone

January 10, 2019 by Bobby Atwal Leave a Comment

We lost my wife about a month after my daughter’s second birthday and I was so distraught in the early days that I was having panic attacks.  The thought of being a single father was incredibly terrifying, how am I going to raise a little girl on my own?!  Luckily, psychotherapy and a detailed wellness plan have helped me leave those feelings…

Filed Under: Widowed Parenting, Widowed Milestones, Widowed Therapy Tagged With: widowed parenting, widowed dad, widowed milestones, therapy

I (Still) Go To Therapy

August 2, 2018 by Olivia Arnold 1 Comment

When Mike first died, everyone asked me if I was going to therapy. When I said that I was it was somehow a relief to them. “Good for you,” they’d say. I didn’t get it. I was so fresh into it that I mostly just sat there and cried at my sessions. I mean, it was good to cry and talk and hear an outsider’s perspective but it was still very…

Filed Under: Widowed Therapy Tagged With: therapy, olivia arnold, proud widow, grief therapist, grief therapy

A Mindful Conversation

March 6, 2018 by Mike Welker Leave a Comment

It’s been far too long since I felt the sting of an icy wind hitting my face.  Months have passed since I lazily stared into a campfire of my own creation, with nobody but my own self to discuss it with.  I haven’t dunked into a mountain creek after a long march, and I haven’t been woken up by annoying crows, rather than an annoying alarm…

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed Therapy, Widowed by Illness, Miscellaneous Tagged With: Nature, Avoidance, pessimism, widower, Long Term Illness, therapy, Mike Welker, mindfulness

Upon This, I do Insist~

April 20, 2016 by Alison Miller Leave a Comment

I wonder, frequently, when grief changed from a normal, human response to the death of a loved one, to a condition that, seemingly, must be gotten through (with all due speed, thank you very much for your consideration), with clinical protocols assigned to it? When did grief get designated as complicated and unhealthy and uncomfortable and…

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed Therapy, Miscellaneous Tagged With: combat shock, traumatic stress, shell shock, soldiers heart, DSM, complicated grief, therapy, widow, love, husband

This Carrying~

April 6, 2016 by Alison Miller Leave a Comment

A dear friend and Air Force widow sister said to me last weekend, in response to my endless questions to her about this grief (she’s 6 years out), and time frames and, oh, you know, everything…she said this to me, and I’ve reflected on it in the days since. It isn’t that it goes away. We just get stronger, and we carry it differently.Such…

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed Therapy, Miscellaneous Tagged With: widow, on the road, husband, wings, counseling, Odyssey of Love, PinkMagic, EMDR, sugar addiction, therapy

The Good, Bad, Ugly, and Everything in Between~

March 23, 2016 by Alison Miller Leave a Comment

This is a list. Not a gratitude list necessarily, but a list that does include some good shit, nonetheless. And sometimes it’s easier to write in list form than prose form.  This past weekend I had a massive, huge, meltdown/purge/nervous breakdown. Included were earthquake size shakes throughout my body, shallow breathing, sobbing, gut-wrenching…

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed Therapy, Miscellaneous Tagged With: therapy, widow, on the road, husband, wings, counseling, Odyssey of Love, PinkMagic, EMDR, sugar addiction

The Pulse Beat of Love Over Everything Else~

March 16, 2016 by Alison Miller Leave a Comment

I have to remind myself, as many of us do, I expect, that this widowhood is, as I learned in AA, a matter of progress, not perfection. Because I, for one, consistently seem to expect more of myself than is realistic. By which I mean, I continually scan my body and mind and heart to see where I am in this grief and why I’m not further along, even…

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed Effect on Family/Friends, Widowed Emotions, Widowed Therapy, Widowed by Illness, Miscellaneous Tagged With: wife, rage, EMDR, hospice, family, therapy, love, grief, widowhood, Daughter, husband

This Seemingly Never-ending Road~

March 9, 2016 by Alison Miller Leave a Comment

Is it just me?  I wonder, even as I know it isn’t just me.  Logically and because I literally know otherwise, it isn’t just me.   There’s a boat load of men and women through time immemorial who have lived this shit that I’m living, that we’re all living. And yet, my brain doesn’t let up about it.Why are you still so traumatized, Alison?…

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed Emotions, Widowed Therapy, Widowed by Illness, Miscellaneous Tagged With: widow, grief, husband, trauma, chapter 2, EMDR, hospice, tapping, TRE, therapy

The Lovely Dance of Grief~

January 27, 2016 by Alison Miller Leave a Comment

Tuesdays used to be only about writing my WV blog.  Now they’re also about my EMDR sessions, so please bear with me as my brain and heart work overtime.Who knew that guilt could beat so strongly in me?  Me, who loved my husband Chuck dearly, me who showed that love to him continually?  He knew I loved him and told me frequently how much that…

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed Emotions, Widowed Therapy, Widowed by Illness, Miscellaneous Tagged With: therapy, love, widowhood, guilt, husband, EMDR, hospice

What A Man Is

August 28, 2015 by Kelley Lynn Leave a Comment

I am a strong and fiercely independent woman. I always have been. When I was 18 years old, in 1990, I left my comfy small town of Groton, Massachusetts, to attend college and live in NYC. I wanted to be a performer, actor, comedian, writer, or anything that got me out of that boring and predictable suburban life. I wanted more. So I went out on my…

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed Emotions, Widowed Signs from Loved One, Widowed Therapy, Widowed Suddenly Tagged With: sudden death, testosterone, man, scared of life, nightmares, young widow, feeling safe, widowed, therapy, kelley lynn, grief, Signs

New Life, Old Life

July 3, 2015 by Kelley Lynn Leave a Comment

If I’m being 100% honest, which I always am in my writing about loss, there are actually two of me. Version One of me was born on September 26, 1971, and she died on July 13, 2011. Version Two of me was born on the same day, within seconds even, of version one’s tragic death. Version One never saw it coming. A massive heart-attack took her husband…

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed Anniversaries, Widowed Holidays, Widowed Emotions, Widowed Signs from Loved One, Widowed Therapy, Widowed Suddenly Tagged With: sudden death, young widow, grief triggers, widowed, picnics, therapy, kelley lynn, grief, movies, 4th of july, death anniversary, Signs, making plans

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