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Grieving and the Holidays Part 1

By Dr. Robert Neimeyer | October 14, 2024 | 0 Comments

Editor’s Note: with many approaching the holidays with a loss recently behind them, and their grief overlaid with the despair of these times, we thought this Dr. Neimeyer column might be helpful–LL Dear Dr. Neimeyer, My husband Don died 9 months ago after a rapid decline; and his lungs basically stopped working, even with oxygen treatments. […]

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Tragic death of a Mother at Another’s Hand

By Dr. Robert Neimeyer | October 7, 2024 | 0 Comments

Dear Dr. Neimeyer, My therapist showed me your website and I’m grateful for her suggestion to join and get involved here. My mother was killed in 2012 and I’m still struggling very much with what I’m told is called complicated grief. I was very very close to my mum, who was my best friend, my […]

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Do I have PTSD?

By Dr. Robert Neimeyer | September 30, 2024 | 0 Comments

Dear Dr. Neimeyer, I have a question please. I lost my sixteen year old son in an accident only fifteen months ago. I can hardly walk through this house of memories, so I stay isolated in one room. I do not want to be bothered. My mom lives here and has taken over for a […]

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Does time heal sorrow?

By Dr. Robert Neimeyer | September 23, 2024 | 0 Comments

Dear Dr. Neimeyer, My 27 year old son died almost two years ago. The first year was hard but I mostly felt in a fog. Now it seems that fog is lifting, but this second year is proving to be a lot worse than the first. I am remembering more about the death and funeral […]

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Accidental drug overdose took our daughter

By Dr. Robert Neimeyer | September 16, 2024 | 0 Comments

Dear Dr. Neimeyer, My wife and I lost our 23- year-old daughter to an accidental drug overdose just over one year ago, and of course we have been devastated by the loss. Each of us has coped in our own way, and we continue to function in practical terms, although the early months were pretty […]

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What is the Meaning of Life? A 9/11 Remembrance

By Dr. Robert Neimeyer | September 9, 2024 | 0 Comments

What is the Meaning of Life? is re-published in remembrance of 9/11  Dear Dr. Neimeyer, I have just one question, but it is a big one. In your opinion, what is the meaning of life?–Nicolae Dear Nicolae, I’m a practicing psychologist who works alongside people who are struggling with deeply unwelcome changes in their lives–the […]

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Labor Day: Grief Therapy in the Emergency Room

By Dr. Robert Neimeyer | September 2, 2024 | 0 Comments

Dear Dr. Neimeyer, I know from you writings and my own experience as a social worker in other settings that people contending with a traumatic loss benefit from having a safe space to slowly and fully tell the story of their loved one’s death, and reflect on its meaning for their lives. This can be […]

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Violent Death of a Son

By Dr. Robert Neimeyer | August 26, 2024 | 0 Comments

Dear Dr. Neimeyer, My son was stabbed this Spring and lost his life two days later, and they let the guy walk free.  I continue fighting for justice for my son, but I am so lost without him. I am literally going crazy. I can’t sleep, I don’t eat properly, and I have lost 25 […]

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My teenage son was electrocuted…

By Dr. Robert Neimeyer | August 19, 2024 | 1 Comment

Dear Dr. Neimeyer, My teenage son was electrocuted at home accidentally almost 20 years ago.  My counselor is not happy with my saying he was killed.  I know the difference because about three decades ago, another toddler son  died from a cerebral aneurysm , so in my eyes one died and one was killed and […]

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Readers Comment on “My Husband Died: How can I live without him?”

By Dr. Robert Neimeyer | August 12, 2024 | 2 Comments

I am in the same situation Tina, my hubby, soul mate, best friend, rock and my everything passes away just recently in a mountaineering accident. I literally feel like I am dead on the inside. I am nothing without him. I don’t want to live anymore if I can’t live with him. I have grown […]

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