by Reuben M. Chow, Living-With-Grief.com

Have you, in your grieving journey, had someone tell you that you are over-reacting, or that you shouldn’t or needn’t be feeling the way you are, or that you should have gotten over it or moved on by now? Read more »

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Posted: August 26th, 2008 under All Articles on Grief, Emotions of Grief, Grief Cycle of Recurrent Challenges, Grief Stages or the Grief Cycle, How to Cope with Grief in the Long Term, Symptoms of Grief.
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by Reuben M. Chow, Living-With-Grief.com

Over the course of the past few years, I’ve lost track of the number of times I’ve teared or really cried due to grief. For me, the tears come in two main forms - those that come after the recollectation of certain events or words, and those that arrive in the midst of dreams. For the latter, it’s often a blur to me as to whether I actually did awake in the middle of the night and cried, or whether I had simply cried in my dreams. Read more »

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Posted: February 3rd, 2008 under All Articles on Grief, Emotions of Grief, Grief Stages or the Grief Cycle, How to Cope with Grief in the Long Term, How to Deal with Grief in the Short Term, Symptoms of Grief.
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by Reuben M. Chow, Living-With-Grief.com 

Many times along the grieving journey, I had found myself making intellectual and emotional breakthroughs; either gaining new insights, feeling more at peace, or both. It felt good to have a sense of ‘progress’. Read more »

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Posted: February 1st, 2008 under All Articles on Grief, Grief Cycle of Recurrent Challenges, Grief Stages or the Grief Cycle, How to Cope with Grief in the Long Term.
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by Reuben M. Chow, Living-With-Grief.com 

I was the first among those close to me to lose a parent. And then I lost the other. Each time, I recall having asked “why me?” It’s a common question, which I’m sure many of us do ask when we encounter setbacks in life. I was in shock, and I was 100% certain I would have treasured my parents better if I had seen this happen to someone else first. Read more »

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Posted: January 9th, 2008 under All Articles on Grief, Emotions of Grief, Grief Stages or the Grief Cycle, How to Cope with Grief in the Long Term, How to Deal with Grief in the Short Term, Lessons from Grief, Positive Side of Grief.
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by Reuben M. Chow, Living-With-Grief.com

I am a firm believer that there is something good in everything bad that happens, and vice versa. In other words, there are positive and negative elements to every single life experience, regardless of how good or bad they seem at first glance. There are also “good” and “bad” consequences from every event. Often, these elements and consequences may be invisible to us, or at least not easily spotted. Generally, it’s how we choose to look at them. Read more »

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Posted: January 1st, 2008 under All Articles on Grief, Grief Stages or the Grief Cycle, How to Cope with Grief in the Long Term, Positive Side of Grief.
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