When the world goes wrong, when tragedy strikes, when you just cannot handle one more emotional strain in an already overflowing current of grief . . . take time for yourself. It is alright to turn off the world, the news, the Internet, the phone (whatever you need) and just shut things out for a while. On a Friday that changed the world {Sandy … [Read more...]
Bloganthropy Recognizes Baby Loss Moms for Using Social Media for Social Good
August 31, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Miscarriage, stillbirth, infant loss. For years, we weren't supposed to talk about it. Because of women like all of you, that's changing. One woman in particular is lifting the taboo surrounding the death of our beautiful babies. My friend Devan has had 12 miscarriages, and a stillbirth. I can't imagine. I really, really can't. When others might … [Read more...]
Current Events: Aurora and Child Loss
August 13, 2012 by 2 Comments
It's been a few weeks since the shooting in Aurora, Colorado. Unfortunately, there are now dozens of grieving parents who have joined one of the world's lousiest clubs. Most of those children killed were teenagers or young adults. But there was an exception. A 6-year-old girl, Veronica Moser-Sullivan, was killed. In addition, a 3-month-old was … [Read more...]
Untold Stories
August 1, 2012 by 4 Comments
Guest Post by Carrie Fisher-Pascual For as long as I can remember I have been a lover of stories. I remember my mother coming to pick me up from preschool when I was three years old and my teacher telling her, “She’s in the corner, reading.” And I was. Though I can’t remember what book I was holding in my hands that day, I certainly … [Read more...]
Walking the Journey together
July 3, 2012 by 4 Comments
Here lately heaven has felt really far away. Aidan has felt really far away. The hours we spent together as a family just weren’t enough. My heart seems to be in repeat mode. I keep reliving those days. The days before his birth were such blissful days. They were so easy and exciting. They were perfect. Literally the … [Read more...]
Diagnosis: Grief? (Part II)
June 11, 2012 by 4 Comments
Last month in "Diagnosis: Grief?" I wrote about the DSM-V proposal to remove the bereavement exclusion in Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) and create a new disorder called "Complicated Grief." The current edition of the DSM, the DSM-IV, only mentions grief as an exclusion within MDD. It excludes those who are depressed as a result of bereavement, since … [Read more...]
Diagnosis: Grief?
May 31, 2012 by 21 Comments
I would like to note that I am not a mental health or medical professional. I have an interest in psychology (I minored in it) and I love to do research, in general. In late March, a proposal to include a disorder called “Complicated Grief” to the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of the American Psychiatric Association (DSM-V) … [Read more...]
