Managing Illness and Grief

Not all events in life are easy to handle alone.

So, the doctor has told you some things, and they weren’t what you wanted or expected.

The news could be about you, your parents, your child, or even your pet.

Or you could have been dealing with this for a while, but your patience and hope are eroding like a beach in a storm.

Your temper is frayed, and you are at your wit’s end. But despite how you feel, you need to keep functioning; you still need to manage.

How can you keep standing?

The loss of a loved one is hard to accept.

Perhaps you have already lost someone after an illness or accident, but you feel lost in your loss, unmoored, and floating in pain. Most days, your mind pulls back to your loss over and over so that you feel suspended in that terrible time.

People say it gets better, but it has been a few months, and it’s as raw as the first day. You miss them so much!

You keep telling yourself you have to stop crying, need to focus, you’ll get over it. But you don’t know how to find that path to acceptance; don’t know how to stop being rolled by that wave of grief.

Where can you put these feelings so you can still function? When will this get better?

Loss and grief go hand in hand.

A job, a house, or a relationship. Your grief for losing these things is still real. It’s as strong and valid as the loss of a person or a pet. How can you accept the changes, move on, and find your happiness again?

These last years have been a time of terrible loss for most of the world. Many people are finding their support systems swamped with losses of their own.

We are all trying to keep each other afloat while we also try to keep ourselves safe. Support is both more needed and more challenging to give and get.

The proper support helps meet the challenge.

We are all finding out more than we ever wanted to know about loss.

Those amid bad news need some options, someone who can hear your fears, grief, anger, and help you sort it out.

That someone can provide a sounding board for things you don’t want to express to those around you right now and someone to help you figure out what you DO need to say while you still can.

And those who have experienced their loss – or losses – need a place to voice their grief.

You can find these things with a phone call and a consultation.

Call (908) 227-6550, and start managing your losses.