Yet with our national focus on the daily turn of events as the coronavirus spreads and with the chaos it's brought, these underlying or secondary losses may escape us. People who are physically well may not feel entitled to their emotional upset over the disruption of normal life. Yet, Lott argues, it's important to honor our own losses even if those losses seem small compared to others.
It can be as simple as picking up the phone and calling a friend or family member, says Weller. He suggests simply asking for and offering a space in which to share your feelings without either of you offering advice or trying to fix anything for the other.For those with robust social networks, Daniel suggests gathering a group of friends virtually to share these losses together.
"Make a sculpture, draw a picture or create a ceremonial object," says Daniel, who often incorporates shamanic ceremonies into grief workshops she conducts.
Don't grieve - Get Angry!!!
NPR makes my skin crawl. They use it all of the time, “Here’s what you need to know about the debate...” “Here’s how...” is their little way of making you comfortable with them telling you how to think, feel, act and vote.
Informative 🙏🥰
Grief can be short lived when accompanied by faith and trust in an all powerful all merciful God who will get us through this if we work together in a spirit of love and cooperation.
Other reasons too stevenuniversefinale
you are inciting more depression by this please stop posting information like this
To all psychologists: you should ALL be offering a sliding scale fee structure if you aren’t already doing so. APA
It’s okay to feel whatever it is you are feeling. It’s okay to be sad, feel anxious, feel scared. It’s okay to feel numb. It’s okay to feel nothing. I’m trying my best to feel hopeful. It’s cliche but so true, we’re all in this together.
In addition to grieving for ill, dead, loved ones, health providers, and devastion to livelihood of many, I grieve for America. If America and Potus had their past role in world leadership, funding for WHO, CDC, & NSC, plans, honesty, & compassion, CoV19 would have been minimal.
Some of us feel grief, some anxiety -others anger. All normal reactions to this crisis. MoreThanEverBefore we must take care of our emotional well-being EVERY DAY. Help us reach those most vulnerable.
My stress is caused by trump and the GOP along with the people believing their daily lies and voting for them. I just don’t understand their cult devotion to people who could care less about them.
I'm not planning on processing any of this until late May.
This article makes perfect sense. However it misses the fact that there is a political division going on despite our best efforts to unite and win. It's the 'grief on purpose' from our president. He thrives on our sadness and uncertain future. He threatens us while grieving.
I feel guilty because I am, largely, not grieving. I feel relief as the weight of the world has been lifted off my shoulders. I want to see the end of this quickly for the sake of my fellow humans, but fear returning to the chaos that so overwhelmed me before
What about righteous anger against capitalism
Read Camus
Great article! Thanks, !
Nice work being original NPR:
No shit
'Whether you're an extrovert or introvert, keeping a written or recorded journal of these days offers another way to express, to identify and to acknowledge loss and grief.' My journaling reflects the mindset of someone being terrorized. These are horrible times.
It’s widespread grief and chronic micro to major trauma. On a continuum, trauma is when our sense of normalcy and safety gets punctured. More reason to be kind. (My background is in outpatient clinical treatment of trauma and trauma related disorders.)
grief that you couldn't destroy Donald Trump...yet again...for God's sake get a life
This article really sums it up. Thanks.
The American people are also feeling betrayed by our government, the President, those politicians who lied to us & failed to act until it was too late.
I’m feeling like.this is cool. We’re figuring out shit. It’s ok. My gf is here video conferencing to work. Impressive. More communication w family. bleach incoming packages. New thinking. If I get the virus I’m dead. 10 yrs into blood cancer fight. But it’s life. noPanzies
Joan Didion wrote that the grief of a massive social change is 'a sustained reactive depression, a bereavement reaction to the leaving of familiar environments.' How else to describe that American exceptionalism was all a lie, no one is safe & it was THIS easy to fully destroy?
ShireenQudosi Hell no. I am absolutely over the moon watching the show unfold. TheGreatAwakeningWorldwide TheStormIsUponUs
This is exactly what I realized today.
Know many more people feeling anger and resentment toward a lying, abusive, overreactive government that doesn't give two-shits about the people. It thrives on power--could care less whether or not their policies are economically raping citizens. POTUS GOP TheDemocrats MAGA
And one stage of grief is anger Maybe we should just be compassionate with the jerks? Problem is I am grieving too.
I can identify two main losses. That of freedom under quarantine and that of the mind when seeing idiots ignoring social distancing directives.
BondageLand Sounds about right...
I've had a lot of friends say that this StayAtHomeOrder has made them feel very depressed. Some even saying that they miss going to work. This idea of grieving over a lost routine makes some of those feelings make a lot more sense. MEDI255
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Great article. I am about a year ahead of everyone.
bragg_lindsey I think I’m going to use a part of this article as a mentor text for my COVID journal. It’s a good read.
If grief is unmitigated rage, yes I’m definitely grieving.
What I'm feeling is bored and claustrophobic
Yes there are five phases- we are at 2nd and entering 3rd.
Are you trying to say that the coronavirus panic relieves your TDS?
Healing blessings
I've felt a sense of loss and despair since election night when this low-rent classless moronic racist criminal was elected and set to work destroying this country.
Abraham Maslow, a somewhat marginalized psychologist from the 1900s wrote about persons intended life trajectory being Integral to a persons mental health and interruptions, even short ones, can change a persons psychology permanently. Which is something to grieve about imo
Screw u NPR! Fear mongers!
0.0003% of Americans have COVID19 ... Terrifying
Stop Watching News. DEATH COUNTS aren't helpful. If you suffer from Trump Derangement Syndrome, DO NOT FEED YOUR ILLNESS. Stop watching Trump video cuts. Stop seeking the drugs that makes you feel hate. Turn off NPR.
I feel resignation... that the best of times are behind us. I’m grateful since I’m 47 and have fulfilled all my dreams. I try not to think about the ramifications for my nieces and nephews. I worry about my parents in their 80s, but know they’ve lived full lives😞
And also realize what you’ve taken for granted for so long!
It has felt like...something. Ennui. Angst. Low grade anger. I haven’t been able to put my finger on it but grief makes sense.
Shut up! How do you think 💭 people are suppose to feel and they don’t know what this virus is or where it comes from!🖕🏾
TheLandMan305 never been so low
NPR should be embarrassed to accept $75 million when so many Americans are feeling so much pain. How many ventilators could NYC buy with $75 million. What a travesty. HOW DARE YOU, NPR? DefundNPR
Alpha's push through it, the Beta's whine.
Me
grief? im not
What I am feeling is a white hot rage that we have a psychopath for a president who is going to get a lot of people killed and no one is doing anything to put an end to this tragedy.
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