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Walks through Heaven with Dad: A Young Man’s Experience with Lewy Body Dementia

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By Daniel John Woytowich — 2015

Daniel Woytowich’s father was diagnosed with Lewy Body Dementia while he was still in college. This memoir tells the story of the diagnosis of, acceptance of, and journey through the terrible illness that is dementia. See more...

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What Goes Through My Mind as I Grieve the Loss of My Mom

"It's been a little over two months since I lost my mom to cancer. When I say the words “I lost my mom" out loud, they don't seem right, because a lost sock can be found again. This isn't just a missing sock. This is a huge hole in my gut, which will never, ever go away." - Katie Karambelas

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When Children Experience Depression After Death of a Parent

While there is no way to predict how your child will react to the death of a parent, or how this loss will affect them, some circumstances may increase the likelihood that a child will experience depression after a parent dies.

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Dear Therapist Writes to Herself in Her Grief

In the months before my father died, I asked him a version of that question: How will I live without you?

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How to Recover and Find Strength After Losing a Parent

“When we meet real tragedy in life, we can react in two ways – either by losing hope and falling into self-destructive habits or by using the challenge to find our inner strength.” ~Dalai Lama

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The Death of a Parent Affects Even Grown Children Psychologically and Physically

Losing a parent is among the most emotionally difficult and universal of human experiences. Most people will experience the loss of their mother or father in their lifetime.

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Motherless Daughters with Hope Edelman

Motherless Daughters with Hope Edelman, and host Lisa Machenberg, on Amazing Mind.

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My Mother Died When I Was 7. I’m Grieving 37 Years Later.

Delayed grief is sometimes triggered by an event later in life, experts say.

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Losing a Parent: Understood

The death of your parent, at any age, is a huge loss. BBC Three spoke to eight people about their experience of bereavement at a young age, and how despite the horror, heartache and absence, there are things they’re still grateful for.

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What the Death of a Parent Can Teach Us, If We’re Willing to Learn

The death of a parent can send shock waves through your self-perception and reposition the mental space you occupy on the planet. The grief can be life changing.

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How Losing Her Family and Battling Drug Addiction Led to Triumph for This Meditation Guru

Biet Simkin has had a "hard" life: she’s lost her mother, and her father. She got signed to Sony at 18, only to have her career not take off. She’s conquered a crushing addiction to heroin and cocaine. She became a single mother while recovering from her addiction, only to lose her baby to SIDS.

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