Posts belonging to Category Grieving
Posted by Dr. Neill Neill
A small boy is accidentally crushed to death, and the grieving parents are re-traumatized by their struggle with an insurance company. An understanding of the grieving process reduces the very real risk of the parents’ marriage disintegrating unnecessarily.
Categories: Grieving, Parenting
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Tags: accidental death, death, death-of-a-child, death-of-a-son
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Posted by Dr. Neill Neill
In western culture multiple marriages to one person at a time have been the norm for centuries. It is only in the last 100 years or so that divorce has replaced death among all but the very old as the typical way for a marriage to end.
Categories: Grieving, Marriage
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Tags: death, divorce, Grieving, Marriage, marriage vows, mourning, murder mystery, ritual, until death do us part
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Posted by Dr. Neill Neill
Getting the diagnosis of cancer is traumatic, not just to the person living with cancer, but to everyone with a connection to that person, family, friends, and even the family doctor.
Categories: Emotional Problems, Grieving
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Tags: cancer, diagnosis of cancer, survival, trauma
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Posted by Dr. Neill Neill
Dr. Neill tells a very personal story about how the death of his mother in a car crash when he was sixteen helped shape his life in the direction of being more visible and more out there.
Categories: Grieving, Self Growth
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Tags: authentic living, car accident, courage, Grieving, injustice, local action, mothers death, responsibility, self-exposure
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Posted by Dr. Neill Neill
Symptoms of grieving reemerge three months after the loss of his son. Good self-care continues to be important for this psychologist.
Categories: Grieving, Parenting
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Tags: bereavement, death-of-a-child, death-of-a-son, Grieving, hospice, Parenting
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