By Toni Bernhard — 2011
A calm mind and even temper can help make peace with life’s difficulties.
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Normal bereavement and major depression share many of the same symptoms. And because of those similarities, psychiatrists have historically carved out what is known as a "bereavement exclusion." Its purpose was to reduce the likelihood that normal grief would be diagnosed as clinical depression.
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I believe that social workers need to focus on that which we are trained to do: extend civic love and compassion to the client, staring where he or she is. We are not wed to the medical model; social work is ecological, psychosocial, and systems oriented.
Throughout his profound spiritual awakening, the great Tibetan yogi Shabkar experienced immense loss resulting in grief marked by raw pain, a sense of disorientation, sadness, and tears.
There are two sides to the hotel, situated on each side of a busy downtown street. This means a lot of walking. Walking that’s no longer easy for me, as each step takes more effort than it used to, and the pain is constant.
When we have a deep emotional attachment to an event or circumstance in our life and we’re being asked to let it go, it can often feel like we’re being asked to move on and forget about the past, person, or event that we’re deeply connected to.
Everyone we know wants us to let it go. But it seems impossible to the person holding on. So, what does it mean to let go?