As if the grief, anxiety, and soul-shaking pain weren’t enough? Being a widowed parent and coping with finances. The heart-wrenching reality of planning your loved one’s funeral and managing all the financial burdens comes to light. Losing a spouse is devastating and alters the family dynamic significantly. An emotionally available parent/caregiver is required to help…
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I have finally mustered up the courage to write about my father. When I was asked to share my story, I found it difficult to put pen to paper because thirteen years after his passing, it still hurt deeply. My reaction to his loss was delayed, I didn’t seem to grieve initially after the loss.
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If you’ve lost a loved one, there are certain anniversaries and holidays that can certainly trigger painful memories, most especially if you’ve lost a parent. On Sunday 19th June 2022 the world came together to celebrate Father’s Day, and if you’ve lost a father or someone you consider to be a strong father figure in
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When my husband died 3.5 years ago, I became a widow at 31 years old. I found life tasteless. I didn’t find joy in anything, I left all forms of social media and couldnt consume any content. It felt like everything was pointless. Minutes turned into hours and then days, I was in survival mode,
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Grief affects us in so many different ways and some of us may even find ourselves grieving for people who we may not have known personally. I ponder on this and often wonder whether it is possible to shed a tear or feel some sort of sadness for someone you did not know. In short,
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When an individual is faced with a terminal illness, you as a loved one or friend may experience what is called anticipatory grief. How could you support a family member or friend bereaved by a terminal illness? How do you support a loved one who’s terminally ill? A terminal illness, also known as an end-stage
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In this post, I’ll like to share my experience of dealing with the mental health effects of grief. Once upon a time, mental health and grief were things I would never imagine I would experience. Well, let me rephrase because I guess you can’t really experience mental health. It is more of a mental health-related
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When you think about mental health, what is the first thought that comes to mind? I come from a West African background where I grew up believing that having mental health challenges or illnesses was what was depicted in the Nigerian movies, where the person would lose their mind, lose their words and act expressively
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In coping with your loss and grief, what resources have you found helpful? A few weeks after my husband had passed, l remembered the flood of messages still coming through. As people gave their heartfelt condolences, I would acknowledge them, but every emotion l felt was foreign deep inside. I asked myself over and over
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Grief had always been a foreign concept to me. I knew people who had lost a loved one but I could never relate so it felt like it was something I didn’t have to worry about. This was far from the case in 2014 and the following year. Grief was no longer something I did
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