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26-04-2016 07:18 PM
26-04-2016 07:18 PM
Re: Topic Tuesday // Tues, 26 April, 7pm AEST // Grief
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26-04-2016 07:20 PM
26-04-2016 07:20 PM
Re: Topic Tuesday // Tues, 26 April, 7pm AEST // Grief
@awe Beautiful comment - to be given a blessing with a response of "me too" is just tremendous. My students express the same thing. It's almost as though a problem shared is a problem halved 🙂
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26-04-2016 07:21 PM
26-04-2016 07:21 PM
Re: Topic Tuesday // Tues, 26 April, 7pm AEST // Grief
@Fatima it sounds like you have a lot on your plate, managing your own grief of losing your mum less than a year ago, while also trying to help your brother adjust to this loss as well. Did you know you would become his sole carer, or did this role happen to fall into your lap after your mothers death? Did taking on this role lead to any other changes that you've had to work through? Eg - changes in work, or family dynamics?
That’s a good suggestion from @presence to send video links and imessages on the ipad. Sometimes we can show support and compassion to our loved ones without necessarily talking about the loss specifically.
Does anyone else have suggestions for @Fatima?
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26-04-2016 07:24 PM
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Re: Topic Tuesday // Tues, 26 April, 7pm AEST // Grief
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26-04-2016 07:24 PM
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Re: Topic Tuesday // Tues, 26 April, 7pm AEST // Grief
For me grief made me not want to participate innactivities outside the home environment. It took me 6 months to move on to a general feeling of sadness from grief.
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26-04-2016 07:25 PM
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Re: Topic Tuesday // Tues, 26 April, 7pm AEST // Grief
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26-04-2016 07:27 PM
26-04-2016 07:27 PM
Re: Topic Tuesday // Tues, 26 April, 7pm AEST // Grief
@Heartworks thanks for sharing. The grief that comes with a diagnosis is tremendous for the carer, as it can often lead to the loss of dreams and aspirations for our life. While those dreams or aspirations may be future oriented, and may not yet have actually manifested, the loss is still incredibly real and raw. Can I ask, what has this shift in dreams look like for you and your family?
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26-04-2016 07:30 PM
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Re: Topic Tuesday // Tues, 26 April, 7pm AEST // Grief
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26-04-2016 07:32 PM
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Re: Topic Tuesday // Tues, 26 April, 7pm AEST // Grief
No i was always the one in the family who agreed to take respinsibility for my brother. My other brother who is 9'years younger will help out if he is oressured into it. Rather reluctantly though. Our family has had. An ongoing debate as to whether my brother should have been forcably hospitalised abd medicated, but it never happened and somehow the unwell one survives. It has been very stressful and a major issue is my brother smokes in his room at night and i am a chronic asthmatic. Very difficult to resolve.
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26-04-2016 07:33 PM
26-04-2016 07:33 PM
Re: Topic Tuesday // Tues, 26 April, 7pm AEST // Grief
My grief has seemed to affect everything.
All sorts of new feelings
Physical effects such as loss of energy. I found working more difficult
Mentally it has been harder to concentrate
There have been so many differences to before