Survivor’s Guilt
I’ve heard of it before, this phenomenon where the ones who survive the unthinkable wrestle with immense guilt for the very act of surviving, to a point where they find it difficult to celebrate being alive.
Topic: grief
20 Uncollected Thoughts on Mental Health in the Year 2020
This trauma will be long-lasting. Our mental health will forever be colored by the impact of this pandemic.
The Sun Will Be There
Right now, as the circumstances of life feel uncertain, as the metaphorical darkness seems to be growing, I find myself clinging to the firm reality of the sunrise.
Grief: I’m Done Powering Through It
Suppressing pain is an easy way to manage the agony in the moment, but the pain doesn't truly go away until it’s addressed.
Grief in the Rearview
We can’t control how or when grief comes, but we can control how we choose to respond.
No Holiday Can Define You
Love can come from so many places.
Ritual of Grief
We are going to keep living, whatever it takes.
The Most Wonderful Time of the Year?
I’m afraid that this pain won’t ever go away.
We’ll Always Be Us
I never felt anger over her decision. From my own diagnosis of PTSD, I knew that much of what she did wasn’t her fault or entirely in her control.
Miscarriage From a Mother’s and Father’s Perspectives
How to even begin? I was pregnant, and now I’m not.
She Liked Mornings
My favorite person in the world isn’t here anymore. All the trips I wanted us to take, the late-night chats yet to be had, cups of our favorite tea yet to be enjoyed. I don’t know what the solution is, but I do know that she’d want me to keep running.
Eighty Degrees
Some days your ears hear things they don’t want to. Your eyes see things they don’t want to. Your heart feels things it really doesn’t want to. But it happens.
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