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Fear: Grief’s Constant Companion

by Dorothy Swanson in Coping Mechanisms, Grief, Health and Wellness, Hope and Healing, Hope for Widows Foundation, Mental Health, Relationships and Dating, Widowhood Journey
June 5, 2023June 26, 2023

Fear: Grief's Constant Companion The life of widowhood and journey of grief seem to be inseparably paired with fear. Fear is grief’s constant companion. Fear of an unknown future. Fear that I have lost my identity. Fear of facing the ...

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Fear

by Dawn Cole in Grief, Hope for Widows Foundation, Mental Health
July 12, 2021July 7, 2021

I struggle with thanatophobia which is basically a big word for death anxiety.  Not my own death.  I don’t want to leave my children any time soon, but oddly enough, my own death doesn’t stress me out.  Nope, my death ...

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Overcoming Vulnerabilities

by Laura Pittman in Coping Mechanisms, Grief, Hope and Healing, Hope for Widows Foundation, Mental Health, Widowhood Journey
July 16, 2020July 20, 2020

  One of the scariest parts of grief for me has been the overwhelming vulnerability. When my husband first passed away, it was like my body was frozen in time: my emotions, my tears, and my heart were just numb. ...

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Lifeboat

by Lindsey Wilbur in Coping Mechanisms, Grief, Hope and Healing, Hope for Widows Foundation
April 11, 2018June 19, 2020

  Year two, I'm swimming along and then it hit. A tsunami of grief and I began to drown. Fear was hovering around me like a vulture waiting for its prey to die. Thoughts began filtering in and out of ...

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And the story continues…..

by Lindsey Wilbur in Hope and Healing
February 5, 2018February 5, 2018

They were right. The second year of grief is worse. No longer in shock, no longer drowning in tears. I’m no longer numb to my new reality. The hurt runs deeper, it cuts more. I’ll have flashbacks of the first ...

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