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Grief - Losing Loved Ones: There are stages of grief that one experiences after the loss of a loved one. Many of the articles in this category discuss these stages in a thoughtful manner. There are articles that deal with the ultimate challenge of a parent losing a child. Also discussed are the differences between the grieving process between children and adults. Included is a personal account of the spirtual path a woman took after coping with the loss of her husband.

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• Death's Personal Impacts

  By Kearl - This is a multi-level discussion that begins with how children learn about death. Living with dying is talked about next. Finally, bereavement, grief, and mourning are discussed. (Added: 17-Aug-2004 Hits: 330 )

• GRIEF - The Loss Of A Partner

  By Gilles Bedard - The author interviews Christine Longaker about finding her spirtual path after the loss of her husband. (Added: 17-Aug-2004 Hits: 286 )

• Are There Actual Stages of Grieving?

  By Russell Friedman - Many years ago Elizabeth Kubler-Ross wrote a book entitled On Death and Dying. The book identified five stages that a dying person goes through when they are told that they have a terminal illness. Those stages are: denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance. For many years, in the absence of any other helpful material, well-meaning people incorrectly assigned those same stages to the grief that follows a death or loss. Although a griever might experience some or all of those feeling stages, it is not a correct or helpful basis for dealing with the conflicting feelings caused by loss. (Added: 19-Jun-2003 Hits: 426 )

• I'm Fine...and Other Lies!!!

  By Russell Friedman - Much of the incorrect information we learned and practiced may have convinced us not to show our REAL feelings at any cost. We were taught to bury any feelings that dealt with sadness. We were taught: "Laugh and the whole world laughs with you, cry and you cry alone." This and hundreds of other cliches about dealing with sad feelings taught us to lie about how we felt. And even the lying was protected under other mis-information like: "don't burden others with your feelings." (Added: 19-Jun-2003 Hits: 372 )

• If I Start Crying will I be able to Stop?

  By Russell Friedman - One of the most hidden and dangerous fears is that if I ever let myself feel the pain that I sense, I will start crying and never be able to stop. It is precisely this kind of incorrect assumption that can keep us locked into a position of unresolved grief, forever. And yet, based on what we have been taught in our society, it is a most logical extension of everything we have ever learned. (Added: 19-Jun-2003 Hits: 312 )

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