Writing
fromPsychology Today
19 hours agoStories Save: An Interview With Emily Rapp Black
Grief is universal, and creative expression helps people process loss, feel less alone, and make space for changing emotions over time.
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fromSilicon Canals
1 month agoPsychology
Psychology suggests people who become difficult to be around with age are almost always carrying an unprocessed grief - for the life they expected and didn't get, for the recognition they believed they had earned and never received, for the version of themselves they were supposed to become - and the difficulty is what that grief sounds like when it has been stored as resentment for long enough to become the way they experience everything - Silicon Canals
Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
1 month agoPsychology suggests people who become difficult to be around with age are almost always carrying an unprocessed grief - for the life they expected and didn't get, for the recognition they believed they had earned and never received, for the version of themselves they were supposed to become - and the difficulty is what that grief sounds like when it has been stored as resentment for long enough to become the way they experience everything - Silicon Canals
Unprocessed grief can manifest as bitterness and negativity, stemming from unfulfilled dreams and unmet expectations in life.
fromPortland Mercury
6 days agoA Blue Heron Under the Influence - Portland Mercury
Grief fits no narrative, no timeline with a clear beginning and end. Knowing exactly what happened rarely does anything for the grief-stricken but imply that grief is little more than an informational matter.
Independent films
Relationships
fromSlate Magazine
1 week agoHelp! In the Middle of the Night, I Found My Husband Sobbing in the Backyard. I'm Having a Hard Time Feeling Sympathetic to Why He's Grieving.
A wife struggles to support her husband grieving the death of a man he had an affair with, despite their improved marriage after the affair.
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Retirement
fromSilicon Canals
2 weeks agoThe secret to happiness in your 60s that nobody says out loud: at some point you have to grieve the life you thought you'd have and fully move into the one you actually got - Silicon Canals
Aging brings grief over unfulfilled life expectations and the reality of what was built versus what was imagined.
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fromSilicon Canals
3 weeks agoRetirement
Psychology suggests retirees who become genuinely exhausting to be around are almost never aware they're doing it - because the crankiness is grief wearing a disguise and the neediness is loneliness knocking on the only doors still open, and neither one feels like a choice from the inside - Silicon Canals
Retirement
fromSilicon Canals
1 week agoI'm 66 and I worked forty years as an electrician and the thing nobody warns you about retirement isn't the boredom, it's that the silence at 7am on a Tuesday immediately surfaces every feeling I out-worked for four decades - Silicon Canals
Retirement can lead to unexpected emotional challenges, including grief and a loss of purpose, rather than just boredom.
Retirement
fromSilicon Canals
3 weeks agoPsychology suggests retirees who become genuinely exhausting to be around are almost never aware they're doing it - because the crankiness is grief wearing a disguise and the neediness is loneliness knocking on the only doors still open, and neither one feels like a choice from the inside - Silicon Canals
Retirement can lead to unexpected grief and identity loss, resulting in irritability and strained relationships.
Careers
fromSilicon Canals
1 month agoPsychology suggests the reason retirement feels like grief for so many people isn't weakness - it's because purpose, structure, and identity were all bundled into one thing called a job, and losing the job means losing all three at once - Silicon Canals
Retirement can lead to a profound loss of purpose, structure, and identity, creating feelings of grief and invisibility.
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 week agoKumanjayi Little Baby's relatives share grief at child ripped away' as NT chief minister foreshadows charges
A life so precious, so full of innocence, gone far too soon, the Gurindji families said of the five-year-old Warlpiri girl, who was found dead in Alice Springs on Thursday evening five days after she had gone missing from her bed in the Old Timers town camp.
SF parents
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Fundraising
fromIrish Independent
1 month agoWexford father organising charity match in memory of son who died at birth - 'When you lose a child, you lose all the days that go with it'
Féileacáin provides essential support for parents affected by the death of a baby around birth, helping them navigate their grief and keep memories alive.
fromTiny Buddha
2 weeks agoHow Being the Strong One in My Family Became a Trap - Tiny Buddha
My sister looked at me and said, 'Now you're the last strong one in this family.' It was comforting to hear her words. I felt proud. And then, almost immediately, something else. My stomach clenched. I just wanted to stop the elevator, run away, and never look back.
Writing
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Cancer
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 weeks agoAfter all the horrible things we've been through,' he said to me, if I die of cancer, it will make a bad story': Siri Hustvedt on losing Paul Auster
Grief after losing a loved one can distort time perception and create overwhelming emotional and physical challenges.
Cancer
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 weeks agoAfter all the horrible things we've been through,' he said to me, if I die of cancer, it will make a bad story': Siri Hustvedt on losing Paul Auster
Grief after losing a loved one can distort time perception and create overwhelming emotional and physical challenges.
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 weeks agoMother ends life at Swiss clinic four years after son's death
I can confirm that Wendy Duffy, at her own request, was assisted to die on 24 April and that the procedure was completed without incident and in full compliance with her wishes. Neither we nor any of the professional staff assessing her mental capacity had any doubt as to her intention, understanding and independence of both thought and action.
Medicine
fromVulture
2 weeks agoApex Feels More Like a Real Movie Than Your Average Netflix Joint
Ben muses about what's behind their shared love of extreme activities, suggesting that while some seek perfection or a thrill, 'personally, I think the wiring is just messed up.' This insight foreshadows the darker elements of the story as he hunts Sasha with a bow and arrow.
Independent films
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Mental health
fromSilicon Canals
2 weeks agoThe hardest thing about healing isn't the work itself. It's the quiet grief of realizing how many years you spent believing the problem was you, when the actual problem was an environment that needed you to believe that in order to keep functioning - Silicon Canals
Family systems may require a child to remain unwell for their own functionality, leading to grief and loss when the child realizes their true self.
Mental health
fromSilicon Canals
2 weeks agoThe hardest thing about healing isn't the work itself. It's the quiet grief of realizing how many years you spent believing the problem was you, when the actual problem was an environment that needed you to believe that in order to keep functioning - Silicon Canals
Family systems may require a child to remain unwell for their own functionality, leading to grief and loss when the child realizes their true self.
Pets
fromSilicon Canals
2 weeks agoPsychology says the grief people feel when a dog dies is often heavier than they expected because the dog witnessed years of their private self that no human in their life ever saw - Silicon Canals
Grief for a pet can be profound and complex, often surpassing societal expectations based on relationship hierarchy.
fromKALTBLUT Magazine
3 weeks agoWriting to Stay Alive: Lynn Breedlove from Trust Me and the Sound of Loss - KALTBLUT Magazine
The album that emerged is a series of vignettes about the men in Breedlove's life, living and dead, beloved and infuriating. It spans the AIDS crisis, chosen family, knife collections, and a complicated inheritance of grief that Breedlove transforms, as he always has, into something that makes people laugh and cry at the same time.
Music
Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
3 weeks agoPsychology says adult children don't grieve their aging parents all at once - they grieve them in a thousand tiny deaths, like the first time your mother forgets she told you the same story twice, or the afternoon you notice your father's hands shaking when he signs his name - Silicon Canals
Anticipatory grief involves mourning the gradual changes in living parents, representing incremental losses rather than just preparing for death.
fromCalifornia Post
3 weeks agoMom of 2 boys killed by LA socialite in hit-and-run crash reveals vile message killer sent from jail
Last week, Rebecca Grossman-the woman who killed my two precious boys, Mark and Jacob, by speeding through a crosswalk-made a request that I would go visit her in prison... to 'see the circumstances she is in.' And that she is 'A victim.'
SF parents
Mindfulness
fromLondon Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com
4 weeks agoHow to keep your career going in the midst of grief - London Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com
Grief can disrupt work, but maintaining structure and realistic expectations helps navigate both loss and professional responsibilities.
Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
4 weeks agoPsychology says the reason some people become gentler as they age while others become bitter has nothing to do with personality. It depends on whether they processed their grief along the way or stored it in their body and called it toughness - Silicon Canals
Grief, especially non-finite losses, significantly influences whether individuals become gentler or more bitter as they age.
Mental health
fromSilicon Canals
1 month agoPsychology explains people who remain joyful into their 70s aren't the ones who suffered least - they're the ones who grieved most honestly, who let the losses be as large as they actually were, and who came out the other side with enough room left to let something good back in - Silicon Canals
Genuine happiness in old age often comes from embracing grief and loss rather than avoiding it.
Media industry
fromIrish Independent
1 month agoWhy do we cover inquests when it can pain families? The objections to this are understandable, but often misplaced
Journalists face the challenging task of reporting on inquests, often intruding on grieving families, yet this can lead to powerful stories.
Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
1 month agoThe people who seem unbothered when someone pulls away aren't indifferent. They've simply been left enough times that their nervous system learned to begin the departure before the other person finishes theirs, and what looks like calm is actually a head start on grief. - Silicon Canals
Emotional responses often begin before conscious awareness, as the body processes grief and loss through involuntary reactions.
fromInverse
1 month agoKelly Marie Tran's Eerie New Ghost Movie Unearths A Forgotten Piece Of American History
Miao wanted to explore the lingering cultural grief of a historic atrocity, stating, 'That's a ghost story.' This reflects the fragmentation and feelings of grief that come with being haunted by something lost.
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