"You have high markers for bipolar, and depression," said our marriage counselor to my husband John after looking over his paperwork, "but I can't formally diagnose you or prescribe meds; your need to go to a psychiatrist for that." John ...
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Did you know that widows feel shame?  Did you know that widowers feel shame? I just realized this. As I was driving to hospice bereavement last week it hit me like a ton of bricks. Sometimes when I speak about ...
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I talked to many social workers during the two and a half years that Michelle was sick.  We spent so much time in the hospital between the surgeries, the treatments, etc. that while she was sleeping I would often ask ...
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The black hole of grief. This thought has been on my mind for a couple of months now.  The idea of being in a place that is so vast, so dark and so void of life… is a sobering thought ...
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