Bereavement - A Major Trigger

[Grumps]

Bereavement comes to us all at some point in our lives, sadly. At times like this, it's easy to hit rock bottom and fall to pieces and you're forced to restart your personal healing process. Any advice to the bereaved that can be offered will surely fall on welcoming ears.

 

[Jellyfishes]

My best friend died in a fight when he was 16 (I was 15). I went off the rails for a long time after that. I believe his death to be the root cause of my depression (many years later). You're right, major trigger.

 

[Eclipse]

I just lost a loved one several months ago, it was definitely not easy to deal with. I think it's important to surround yourself with friends and family in these unfortunate times. Being alone will leave you and your thoughts to run wild. It's important to be there for others experiencing it and for them to be there for you

 

[Sara]

I just lost a loved one several months ago, it was definitely not easy to deal with. I think it's important to surround yourself with friends and family in these unfortunate times. Being alone will leave you and your thoughts to run wild. It's important to be there for others experiencing it and for them to be there for you

This is the best antidote for bereavement. When you are with friends and family, it will be easy for the pains to go away. But when you shut down everything within you, that's when it will be too hard to move on.

 

[Shortie]

Bereavement is always a difficult thing to handle, especially if it hits you quite hard when you lose someone close to you.

We all have different ways of dealing with losing someone we love or who we are close to and therefore what works for someone may not work for everyone.

I would advise anyone who is feeling especially down due to bereavement not be afraid to talk to someone about how they are feeling, there is always help out there no matter what the situation.

 

[Sara]

Opening up is the major healing tool, follows by other ones. If you decided to wallow in pains, it will lead to emotional trauma and depression. Finding yourself talking about it and to people that care is a one way healing of it's own.