Grief doesn’t disappear for the holidays.
It can show up in many ways.

If you want to talk reach out at carettacousneling.com

#GriefAwareness #HolidayGrief #MentalHealthSupport #ComplicatedGrief #CarettaCounseling #SeattleTherapist #GriefHealing #TraumaInformed #YouAreNotAlone #HolidayFeelings

“Trauma Survivor トラウマ・サバイバー”

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The stages of grief aren’t real?? - Dr. Matt B The stages of grief have been a popular theory to describe how people grieve. But research from the past decades shows a different story.

These can last for years or even decades🕯🤲🏼🤓

More at the link below!

#grief #complicatedgrief #prolongedgrief #griefinterventions #healingfromgrief #mentalhealthinfo #emotionalhealth #DrMattB

When Someone Dies and You Never Forgave them Not every loss is softened by love or forgiveness. Sometimes grief is about the ache of unfinished chapters  and the endings we didn’t choose. This is for anyone carrying the truth of what never got r...

You don’t have to forgive someone just because they died.

Grief can be about unfinished business, harm, and silence — not love. I wrote about what that really feels like.

#grief #complicatedgrief #forgiveness

Grief starts long before the goodbye. This GeriScope Short walks through the 3 types of sorrow caregivers face.
Watch now and download “The Grief” guide to understand what you’re feeling—and what's next. youtube.com/shorts/4a0IN...
#AnticipatoryGrief #GoodGrief #ComplicatedGrief #BereavementSupport

I did not go to the funeral
you explicitly said you did not want
I was afraid I’d scream out
unable to contain the toxins
inherited from you
the poison I struggle
to release without injuring anyone else, never once forgetting your words:
“I wish you’d never been born.”

#poetry #ComplicatedGrief

My father was not unique to his generation of men, and was not the kind of father who lavished praise upon my sister and I. We still sought it, and went hungry. It was easier for him to say “I love you,” than it was to say “I’m proud of you.”

#typewriter #poetry #complicatedgrief

Complicated Grief: Healing After Narcissistic Abuse When No One Understands How Do You Grieve Someone Who Hurt You? Navigating the Maze of Emotions When Your Abuser Is Loved by Others but Caused You Pain, and How to Heal.

“Unlike traditional grief…of something real, this…is layered with confusion…like you’re mourning a relationship that never truly existed…”
#griefandloss #griefsupport #griefjourney #grieving #grievingprocess #complicatedgrief #abuserecovery #narcissisticabuse #cptsd #CPTSDRecovery #BetrayalTrauma

It's been 2 Years

#abandonment #grief #nocontact #complicatedgrief #motherwound

A young man

I miss this face more than anyone will ever know

#ComplicatedGrief
#ProlongedGriefDisorder
#PCBD

We’ll be driving 5 hrs today to say goodbye to my step-dad who’s entering hospice. He had a stroke the same year my dad did, which left both of them disabled and my step-dad nonverbal. I don’t have many good memories of my step-dad but I still feel bad for mom. Closure at least. #complicatedGrief

#ContentWarning #Death #ComplicatedGrief #Family
My dad passed away Thursday, 62, and I’ve been grappling with that. He was a stranger, his death still feels like losing a part of my past I thought would just stay static. Today, I feel a little more alone. He was everything I never wanted to become.

I still put it up, but I always did it for me. My husband didn't care about the tree or Christmas. I need to write the book on #complicatedgrief

Complicated grief…When is grief not complicated? When does anyone have the luxury of grieving one loss at a time? Never? How do you process your grief? My rec: make art about it.

#artjournaling #arttherapy #griefsupport #artheals #griefart #creativitycoach #grief #complicatedgrief #makeartaboutit

Eighteen months today since Mom passed and it still feels completely unreal to me. #grief #ComplicatedGrief

Also #ComplicatedGrief is a nightmare, literally. Like, multiple nightmares per night with intrusive thoughts while awake. Then I can’t go back to sleep. I know it’s making my bipolar swings worse.

Tim has been singing Disco Inferno all morning. Why, yes, it is the day his mother is being cremated. #ComplicatedGrief

What types of complicated grief should you look out for? What can be done if you have complicated grief?
#grief #complicatedgrief #griefsupport #grieftherapy #griefjourney #griefawareness #Humanitarian #Nonprofit #love #support #honor #legacy #HonorableLegacy

Isn't all grief complicated? What makes it "Complicated Grief"?
#grief #griefjourney #complicatedgrief #griefsupport #griefcounseling #nonprofit #Humanitarian #love #honor #legacy #HonorableLegacy

I’m down, friends. Really struggling right now. I’m so tired, and everything feels so hard. #bipolar #OCD #PTSD #ComplicatedGrief

What are the benefits of grief counseling, and when is a good time to seek counseling after a loss?

#griefcounseling #grief #GriefSupport #mentalhealthsupport #complicatedgrief #funeral #funeralservice #love #support #Humanitarian #nonprofit #HONOR #legacy #HonorableLegacy

I mean sakes alive I’m in my early 50s now doesn’t this stuff ever just go away??? 🥺
#Bipolar #OCD #PTSD
#ComplicatedGrief

Therapy kicked my ass today. After 12 solid years you’d think it’d get easier but we’re wading into things I feel in no way ready for. I guess we’re talking about childhood again in depth. Swore I wouldn’t ever again after my first round of therapy in my 20s. #Bipolar #OCD #PTSD #ComplicatedGrief

Haven’t slept well in longer than I can remember. My brain won’t stop. Time to finally listen to my doctor and go to emergency med adjustment for a few nights so I can get some rest at last. Need a brain reset #bipolar #ocd #ptsd #ComplicatedGrief

Therapy today… deep dive into my soul. It hurts. #bipolar #ocd #ptsd #complicatedgrief

The more doctors appointments I book into the months ahead the harder it is on my mental health. Keeping up with all of them is exhausting, and I don’t even see all the specialists they’d like me to… #bipolar #ocd #ptsd #complicatedgrief #chronicillness

I’m about to get a massage and I can already feel my emotions welling up. This is going to be messy. #complicatedgrief

going back (1) [NB: probably part of a series] After several years away,...

NEW BLOG POST: I'm going to the US in two weeks to settle my mother's affairs & scatter her ashes. She was mentally ill, often cruel, but I am her only child. #narcissism #trauma #neglect #CSA #takenintocare #complicatedgrief http://patriciadebney.com/2022/10/02/going-back-1/

People Are Hiding That Their Unvaccinated Loved Ones Died... With the arrival of vaccines, compassion for COVID deaths...

The potential link to #disenfranchisegrief & #complicatedgrief and how a loved one died relating to Covid. #TherapistsConnect #grief www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2022/01/u...