Is grief a disease? That is one of the crucial questions psychologists are asking as the American Psychiatric Association revamps its Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), used by millions of mental health professionals to...
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Mourning: from end of life and last rites to kaddish and good griefwork
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February 15, 3:29 PM
Anne, I just came across, and posted link to a documentary about the DSM.
Anne Bosworth's comment,
February 15, 10:06 PM
Cool. Thanks! I'll check it out.
Anne Bosworth's comment,
February 19, 2:08 AM
That was QUITE the documentary!!! WOW!!! Ive always had my suspicions, but I wasn't expecting such a powerful confirmation. World gone pathology crazy!!!!
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Just last week, while I was performing euthanasia for a critically ill patient, the pet's owner looked at me and said, "I bet this is the hardest part of your job." That gave me pause.
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A sensitive post by a Veterinarian about end of life questions and answers. Delete the scoop?
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Approximately 3 million babies are stillborn each year throughout the world. In the US, that's one baby, one family, every 21 minutes. To learn more, and to ...
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Non-sentimental, true voices of bereaved parents break the silence surrounding the aftermath of an infant's death. No small loss. I'll attest to that. Delete the scoop?
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Arts & Healing Network is an online resource celebrating the connection between art and healing. Our site offers a wealth of resources, inspiration, and opportunities to connect with others interested in the field of art and healing.
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Meditation is possible in many ways. Memorializing a loved on by cutting fabric, is almost like an extended performance of "k'reah" the traditional ripping of a sleeve of pocket of a garment after someone has died. In looking at the image of Sherri Lynn Wood's quilt made of housecoats and golf shirts I imaging the maker's repeated wish for the the deceased to RIP.
The artist Lisa Kokin "writes" her mother's last words, her own thoughts, and Kaddish —the prayer for the dead— stitching the words on fabric, and eternalized the process of life and death in her piece Ninety-Nine Leaves.
After the death of our baby daughter I was at a loss, not for words, but for what to do as an artist. I shredded letters, created my own paper, wrote poems and painted the words with a broad brush stroke in China Ink. Over and over repeating my poetry of loss.
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Often, the grief you feel when you've lost someone close to you feels so overwhelming that you might wonder if you'll ever feel better. Unfortunately, it's a common experience for the grief to get worse before it gets better.
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A blog with helpful posts and case studies. Delete the scoop?
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Brighton Memorial Chapel honors and respects Jewish funeral and synagogue services by preparing families to handle their grief and loss as best as possible.
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Carefully prepared, illustrated guidelines can be a source of solace. Preparing to care for the departed is a mitsvah, a good deed, and so is providing this information Online.
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Watch the videos. The Citizens Commission on Human Rights gives the truth about psychiatry. Take a virtual tour of Psychiatry: An Industry of Death Museum.
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A follow up on an earlier discussion about grief being labeled as a mental illness.
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February 15, 10:08 PM
Pretty powerful stuff. They could have given it the alternative title of "Everyone Has a Pathology" Delete the scoop?
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Joining Online support groups can bring solace to the bereaved. TCF credo: We need not walk alone. In the beginning there were Pen Parents, then the World Wide Web brought parents who had suffered the loss of a child even closer. Delete the scoop?
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"We're going on," Rotenstreich told her husband author A.F.Th. van der Heijden after their 21-year-old son Tonio was killed in a car accident. Her husband wrote a requium for their son, titled "Tonio". Delete the scoop?
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Have you taken a close look at the icon image used for this Scoop.it! subject page?
Mended heart shaped vase, with butterfly.
Wouldn't this be an excellent illustration to go with Dr. Stephen Joseph's article for Psychology Today "The Metaphor of the Shattered Vase?"
Broken vessel, glued together with love and devotion, gives birth to something beautiful, while showing scars to the observant viewer.
A broken heart will heal, and is capable of giving and receiving love, even if the scars are reminders of loss, even if they hurt at times. Delete the scoop?
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Uplifting support resources for those who have been touched by a crisis in pregnancy or the death of baby. Delete the scoop?
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Boeken over sterven, verlies, verlies van ouder, verlies van kind, verlies van broertje ,zusje...
Books about death, dying; the loss of loved ones Delete the scoop?
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Losing your loved one is not the end of your life, with widows and widowers among the happiest people who have tied the knot, the surprise finding in a new survey reveals. The Happiness of New Zealand report, published by UMR Research, asked a group of 750 Kiwis on 35 separate occasions to rate their happiness levels on a scale from zero – being very unhappy – to 10. Via Cathryn Wellner Delete the scoop?
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Interested in The Dream Time? This is the real McCoy. Ambassador Paul Taylor shares important messages in the United States, fuelled by teachings of Yidumduma Bill Harney.
WARNING: THIS SITE CONTAINS IMAGES OF DECEASED PEOPLE
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Seeking a picture of health for art therapy.
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Read, and take action. Acknowledge your feelings, see, hear, show and tell. Delete the scoop?
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The forthcoming new edition of an American psychiatric manual will increase the number of people in the general population diagnosed with a mental illness, says Prof Peter Kinderman, when all they are really experiencing are just normal human... Delete the scoop?
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How to forgive someone through both cognitive approaches and emotional healing.
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Forgiveness. I know those whose families have been murdered who can't for the life of them forgive the murderers. I can understand that. Still, reading what the 10 steps are all about, and considering forgiveness is a useful exercise. Looking for professional support, a therapist or spiritual counselor is a good idea, and a gift to one self. Delete the scoop?
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Grief turns the grieving into liars. The truth is just too difficult for everyone.
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Powerful and true, unless you don't lie, and than isolation is yours anyway, for years to come. Meanwhile, saying your loved ones name out loud, sharing his or her name with others keeps their memory alive. Delete the scoop?
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A heartfelt thank you to Art Propelled for gathering these moments.
Darning socks for fun, and needle-felt-filling holes in sweaters, I patch pants and jackets, chairs, and my broken heart after losing our baby daughter at birth.
How much my outward interest is a reflection of the unseen scars within?
No question.
I know.
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Today, I am a mother to five children, now mostly grown, “four who walk and one who soars”. On July 27 of 1994, the day my daughter died, my life changed irreparably. I will never be the same person I was before my baby daughter's death. Nor do I wish to be. Since then, I have committed my life to the service of others suffering traumatic deaths, as it was in the darkness when I truly found my self. Via GrahamForeverInMyHeart, Angie Prince
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How Joanne's words resonated for me in the mid to late nineties. In January of 1994, one year after my husband and I suffered the loss of our baby daughter, I immigrated to the U.S., returning to Texas, Gary's home state.
Unable to find a suitable couseler in our neck of the woods, I sought help from
Creative Acts of Healing: after a baby dies was published in August of 1999, just before we moved back east for a year, where I became active on forums of support groups such as Dr. Michael Berman's Hygeia, and "Lieve Engeltjes" in the Netherlands.
Meeting Joanne in person, seeing her perform before and during the conference, relaxed and personable during an informal welcome dinner for presenters, and psyched, a powerhouse on the big day itself, I believe she did truly find her calling.
That she was nurse/caregiver to psychiatrist Elisabeth Kübler Ross, and that she found inspiration as well as a mentor in the pioneer of near-death studies and bereavement counseling, certainly has something to do with her chosen path and successful planning of her future. Still, her dedication is fuelled by the memory of her little girl.
No matter what we what we do in our life, no matter where we come from and who we are, our losses can make us empathing to the suffering of others, and our lost loved ones can be our guiding lights for ever.
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In the light of Friday's shooting at the Sandy Hook Elementary School posting This Sadness seems in place.The poem was first published in Creative Acts of Healing: after a baby dies Delete the scoop?
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A description of the psychological and physiological reasons to forgive others that have hurt us. Delete the scoop?
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Ferrucci talks about how human beings are able to “resonate” with other human beings. I love this description. He tells us that the ability is with us from birth, but if it doesn’t develop sufficiently we are in trouble. I think the ability can be cultivated at any time in our lives. It’s certainly easier when we are younger, before we’ve had years of not resonating or not resonating well. But the ability is always there inside us, waiting to be tapped. I think the means is through storytelling. If you are ever feeling out of sorts, alone or untouched, try telling the story of something that has touched you. Via Gregg Morris Delete the scoop?
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Is grief a disease? That is one of the crucial questions psychologists are asking as the American Psychiatric Association revamps its Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), used by millions of mental health professionals to...
Judith van Praag's comment,
February 15, 3:29 PM
Anne, I just came across, and posted link to a documentary about the DSM.
Anne Bosworth's comment,
February 19, 2:08 AM
That was QUITE the documentary!!! WOW!!! Ive always had my suspicions, but I wasn't expecting such a powerful confirmation. World gone pathology crazy!!!!
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