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Where were you when I needed you?
The saddest question we ever hear is, "Where were you when I needed you?"
That's what people ask when they find out what we do in helping grievers. We're presenting helpful and accurate information on this site, at the time you need it most, with the hope that you'll never need to ask that question.
It's an honor and a sad privilege to be addressing you, knowing that each of you has recently experienced the death of someone important to you. We also know some of you are reading this because of your care and concern for someone who is confronted by the death of someone important in their life.
We bring our personal experience in dealing with the deaths of people who were important to us, and our professional know-how in helping grievers for more than 30 years. We'll help you distinguish between the "raw grief" that is your normal and natural reaction to the death, and the equally normal "unresolved grief" that relates to the unfinished emotions that are part of the physical ending of all relationships.
A basic reality for most grieving people is difficulty concentrating or focusing. With that in mind, we asked Tributes.com to print our articles in a large type font to make them easier to read. Sharing our concern for grieving people, they agreed.
From our hearts to yours,
John
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September 4th, 2014
Unresolved Grief is Cumulative and Cumulatively Negative - Learn to resolve your grief.
Some people think that grief lasts forever and there's nothing they can do to overcome it.
Others think that time will heal their broken hearts, but time can't heal emotional wounds any more than time can fix a flat tire.
The bottom line is that unresolved grief is parallel to getting a cut and not cleaning it. There's a high possibility of the wound getting infected.
In order to prevent your grief from turning negative on you, you need to:
- Look at the losses that have affected your life, and see if they are still limiting you.
- Become aware of the myths that may be keeping you stuck in your grief.
- Take actions to complete what is emotionally unfinished for you.
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