Posted by Dr. Neill Neill
My oldest daughter, the mother of my first grandchild and the grandmother of my two great grandchildren, died suddenly three weeks ago. She was my third child to go. Grief is an emotion we all will experience at some point in life. The loss through death of someone near to us is an inevitable part of life. Intellectually, we all get this truth, but experientially, it takes some of us a long time to get the lesson.
Categories: Grieving
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Tags: alcohol, dealing-with-death, death, death-of-a-child, grief, Grieving, life, liver-disease, therapy
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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
| Tags: accidental death, death, death-of-a-child, death-of-a-son
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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
| Tags: bereavement, death-of-a-child, death-of-a-son, Grieving, hospice, Parenting
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Posted by Dr. Neill Neill
The trauma of losing a child of any age is a part of parenting for which there is no preparation.
Categories: Grieving, Parenting
| Tags: acceptance, dealing with loss, death-of-a-child, Grieving, Parenting, saying goodbye, trauma
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