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Not all positivity is bad. In fact, in grief it can be crucial. So what is the difference between positivity and toxic positivity? Grief Poems, Grief Support, Life Care, Loss Quotes, End Of Life, Life Tips, Art Therapy, Soul Food, Clarity

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What is toxic positivity in grief?

Not all positivity is bad. In fact, in grief it can be crucial. So what is the difference between positivity and toxic positivity?

Choose one song lyric or verse to express the grief you're feeling right now, in this moment. What is it? We asked the What's Your Grief community about the grief lyrics that resonate with them and together we made a playlist of over 70 songs. #grief #music #griefmusic #lyrics #grieflyrics #verse #griefverse #griefandloss #griefquotes #griefcoping #musicaboutgrief via @whatsyourgrief Loved One In Heaven, Tears In Heaven, Wish You Are Here, Believe In You, Told You So, One Song Lyrics, Never Love Again, Hey Brother, Grief Poems

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What's Your Grief Lyric? A Collection of Lyrics About Grief

Choose one song lyric or verse to express the grief you're feeling right now, in this moment. What is it? We asked the What's Your Grief community about the grief lyrics that resonate with them and together we made a playlist of over 70 songs. #grief #music #griefmusic #lyrics #grieflyrics #verse #griefverse #griefandloss #griefquotes #griefcoping #musicaboutgrief via @whatsyourgrief

Most of you are grieving, so I don't have to tell you. You already know one of the saddest things about life after loss is that, with time, sensory memories like the sound of a loved one's voice, the smell of their clothes, or the feel of their arms wrapped around you start to fade. #grief #memory #griefmemory #sensorymemory #griefandloss #secondaryloss via @whatsyourgrief Memorial Gardens, Memories Faded, Child Loss, Trd, New Things To Learn, Your Voice, Finding Joy, Best Self, To Tell

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I Miss the Sound of Your Voice: Grieving Sensory Memory

One of the saddest things about life after loss is sensory memory, things like the sound of a loved one's voice and smell of their clothes, start to fade

There are a lot of phrases that piss off people grieving, but perhaps none so much as “I know just how you feel”. Ask someone grieving to list the most annoying things people said to them in their grief. I promise this will often be near the top of the list. It is often coupled closely with the similar, “oh this reminds me of when (insert their experience here)". You would think people want empathy in grief, yet this common phrase doesn't seem to do it. But why? Wha... via @whatsyourgrief How I Feel, How Are You Feeling, Grieving Friend, Grief Poems, Annoying Things, Common Phrases, Grief Support, Losing A Loved One, Physical Pain

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I'm Grieving and You Don't Know "Just How I Feel" - Whats your Grief

There are quite a few misguided phrases that grieving people find upsetting, but perhaps none so much as "I know how you feel."

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Mary Poppins Returns Gets Grief Right - Whats your Grief

[Disney] On the morning that Mary Poppins floats into the Banks’ life, it seems like everything is about to go to hell in a handbag, or a carpet bag rather. Twenty-five years have passed since Mary Poppins first visited the Banks’ family in the 1964 movie. Michael Banks is […]

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Grieving Who I Used To Be - Whats your Grief

As common as the term ‘new normal’ is among those grieving (though it is a term I personally can’t stand!), I am always shocked how many people email or message us asking ‘how long until I feel normal again’. Other variations are something like ‘my family thinks I […]

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How To Help A Grieving Friend: Beyond The Basics - Whats your Grief

This isn’t our first post on how to support a friend who is grieving. It probably won’t be our last. But we have a specifc goal today. We want to provide a one-stop-‘Beyond the Basics’-shop for those looking to better help a friend who is grieving. Today we […]

A little while back a reader asked us to write about coping with the feeling that everyone wants to forget and wants you to forget, about your loved one. Someone New, Loving Someone, To My Mother, Bereavement, I Can Tell, New Relationships, Just Don, Read More, Going Crazy

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How to Cope When it Seems Like Everyone Wants to Forget - Whats your Grief

I recently read a quote from grief researcher and theorist Kenneth Doka that said: “All grief becomes disenfranchised over time.” I actually read this off a PowerPoint slide that I randomly stumbled upon on the Internet, so I don’t have much context, but I think I understand his […]

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How to Cope When it Seems Like Everyone Wants to Forget - Whats your Grief

#grief #definition via @whatsyourgrief Speech Language Pathology, Speech And Language, Grief Definition, Waxing Poetic, Preschool Special Education, School Psychology, Life Skills, Positive Thoughts, Definitions

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WYG's Definition of Grief - Whats your Grief

We’ve written extensively about grief over the years. We’ve expanded and clarified; we’ve waxed poetic; and, yes, perhaps we’ve even pontificated a little on the subject. Though our hope is always to explain and simplify, I sometimes worry that with 555 articles averaging around 1,000 words apiece we’ve […]

What does it mean to be strong in grief? I think a good majority of people would believe that strength in the face of overwhelming emotion means being resistant. But strength in the context of grief is actually far different than most accepted definitions. It's brave as hell, but it feels like the opposite. #grief #griefandloss #griefsupport #strongingrief #resillience #emotionalstrength #emotionalintelligence #griefcoping #coping via @whatsyourgrief Grief Poems, Emotional Strength, Grief Support, Make You Cry, Trd, It's Meant To Be, Thoughts And Feelings, Emotional Intelligence, Vulnerability

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What Does it Mean to Be Strong in Grief? - Whats your Grief

Being strong in grief is far different than most understand it to be. It's brave as hell, but it feels like the opposite.

A Grief Intensified. A Grief Sidelined. A Grief Forgotten. Social Media Explained, Grief Support, Feelings And Emotions, Trd, Feeling Overwhelmed, Anxiety, Forget, How Are You Feeling, In This Moment

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A Grief Intensified. A Grief Sidelined. A Grief Forgotten. - Whats your Grief

Like so many things in life, grief is both an internal and external event. Our internal experience of loss is constantly interfacing with the external world around us. Before the world changed several months ago, this might have meant a good day derailed by an intense reminder. It […]

Absent grief is common, but often when people experience it they wonder, "What's wrong with me? Why am I not grieving? Anticipatory Grief, Complicated Grief, Acute Stress, Whats Wrong With Me, Psychology Disorders, Never Have I Ever, Spiritual Beliefs, Negative Emotions, Coping Skills

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Absent Grief: Why Am I Not Grieving Like I Expected To?

Absent grief is common, but often when people experience it they wonder, "What's wrong with me?! Why am I not grieving?!"

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Guilt and Grief: Making A Living Amends - Whats your Grief

It would be easy to think there is nothing more WYG can write about guilt and grief. We’ve written about how common guilt is in grief (you wouldn’t believe how many people get the “coulda woulda shouldas”). We wrote an article about the difference between guilt and regret. […]

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Rethinking Acceptance in Grief: a love/hate story

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Written and shared with us by our grief-friend, Cara Jeanne. Sharing with all of you, because we have a feeling Grief Support, Grief Loss, Feeling Loved, Always Be, First Love, Yellow Fever, Thankful, Writing, Feelings

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If She'll Always Be With Me, Why Don't I Feel Her?

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