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Holiday Grieving Part II

By Dr. Robert Neimeyer | October 30, 2023 | 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 died just over a year ago, so now begins my second year without him, and I am not […]

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Grieving and the Holidays Part 1

By Dr. Robert Neimeyer | October 23, 2023 | 1 Comment

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 16, 2023 | 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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Recent Reader Comments on Dr. Neimeyer’s columns on the loss of a husband

By Dr. Robert Neimeyer | October 9, 2023 | 2 Comments

“My wonderful husband of 55 years on August 19 died with cardiac arrest this past June. I am so heartbroken. I have many, many cards and Mass cards with so many words of love for him and me and they are most comforting. However, I am lost. My children are wonderful and for the first […]

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Do I have PTSD?

By Dr. Robert Neimeyer | October 2, 2023 | 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 25, 2023 | 1 Comment

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 18, 2023 | 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 11, 2023 | 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 4, 2023 | 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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I Lost My Son to a Drug Overdose

By Dr. Robert Neimeyer | August 28, 2023 | 0 Comments

Dear Dr. Neimeyer, I lost my son five years ago to a drug overdose. l battled with him for several years trying to break his addiction. He died right before his 28 birthday. I feel like I lost everything when I lost him. He was my baby. I have three other children and numerous grandchildren, but the kids say I’m […]

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