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Helping Yourself Heal When an Adult Sibling Dies

By Alan D. Wolfelt, Ph.D. — 2016

Whether your sibling was younger or older, whether the death was sudden or anticipated, whether you were very close to your sibling throughout your lives or experienced periods of separation, you are now grieving.

Read on www.centerforloss.com

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The death of a beloved is an amputation.

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C. S. Lewis
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Surviving Sibling Loss: The Invisible Thread that Connects Us Through Life and Death

When author Dawn DiRaimondo, PsyD, lost her brother in 2004, she found only one book on sibling loss. So, she wrote the book she wished she had then.

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Dawn Diraimondo
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Surviving the Death of a Sibling: Living Through Grief When an Adult Brother or Sister Dies

When T.J. Wray lost her 43-year-old brother, her grief was deep and enduring and, she soon discovered, not fully acknowledged. Despite the longevity of adult sibling relationships, surviving siblings are often made to feel as if their grief is somehow unwarranted.

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T.J. Wray
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How Her Sister’s Death Affirmed Elizabeth Lesser’s Belief in an Afterlife | SuperSoul Sunday | OWN

Best-selling author Elizabeth Lesser describes how observing her sister Maggie as she prepared for death made her believe more strongly in an afterlife.

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Elizabeth Lesser
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Sibling Loss from the Sister of an Addict || Response to Dear Evan Hansen

Sibling loss is a hard thing to swallow and so is being the sibling of an addict. Losing a sibling to addiction changed my life in so many ways. I have thought so many times about sharing some of that part of my story on here, but I would always let something stop me.

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2019
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Episode 90: Sibling Death; Unacknowledged Loss with Elizabeth Devita-Raeburn and Jim Giaccone

Sibling Death! Unacknowledged Grief! Join Dr. Gloria and Dr. Heidi Horsley in exploring with Elizabeth DeVita-Raeburn and Jim Giaccone, sibling loss.

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Karen’s Story: How TCF Has Helped with the Loss of a Sibling

The Loss of a Sibling The Compassionate Friends, Queensland Inc. (TCF) is part of a world-wide non-profit organisation offering friendship, understanding, grief education and HOPE to families following the death of a son or daughter, brother or sister.

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2014
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David Kessler and Kim Goldman on the Death of a Sibling and Grief After a Murder

In this video, David Kessler and Kim Goldman, sister of the late Ron Goldman discuss the loss of a sibling and grief after a murder. share resources to remember with more love than pain.

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2020
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What You Lose When a Sibling Dies | The Impact of Grief

Bereaved siblings share the impact of losing a brother or sister on them and their families.

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2018
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Death or Loss of a Sibling