Grief Does Not Need Death
May 8, 2008 by Anna Farmery
Filed under Loneliness, Guilt & Depression
I was speaking to a friend who said “You know, I have not lost someone close to me yet, however I don’t think that you need to suffer a death to feel grief”
It made me think and the more we talked the more I agreed. Grief comes in many ways…
Loss of a job
Divorce or separation from your partner
When your children leave home
Redundancy of people around you
Grief over large events such as Burma or the death of Princess Diana
Surgery such as hysterectomy
As widows or widowers we can sometimes think that people who have not suffered a death, cannot relate to …read more
