Depression, following the death of someone close, is an intense, traumatic but essentially natural process. In the normal course of events the process of bereavement may last anything from a few weeks to several months. The passage of time helps people to move on, but a few people find the debilitati...
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Grief
RRZ1969
Tuesday, August 05, 2008 at 10:50 AM
Just read about your website in this mornings paper so thought I would drop in. Your article on grief had me thinking about the "five stages of grief"; denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance. At this later stage of my life, bargaining and acceptance do not really enter the equation, as the other three dominate, and unfortunately they just go on an on in a "vicious cycle, especially the depression. It seems like each new loss, crisis, or something happening that you could easily handle way back when, easily keeps the cyle going. Being in the Vet Admin system since the 70's and all the different medications I've tried and the psycho-therapy has convinced me long ago that I really can't be helped, so I have learned to just deal with it, (as too many of my once close relatives have told me time after time). Well, I didn't have any questions, but guess it just felt good to say something. Therefore, this site, at least for today, has been a good thing. RRZ in OR
Just read about your website in this mornings paper so thought I would drop in. Your article on grief had me thinking about the "five stages of grief"; denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance. At this later stage of my life, bargaining and acceptance do not really enter the equation, as the other three dominate, and unfortunately they just go on an on in a "vicious cycle, especially the depression. It seems like each new loss, crisis, or something happening that you could easily handle way back when, easily keeps the cyle going. Being in the Vet Admin system since the 70's and all the different medications I've tried and the psycho-therapy has convinced me long ago that I really can't be helped, so I have learned to just deal with it, (as too many of my once close relatives have told me time after time). Well, I didn't have any questions, but guess it just felt good to say something. Therefore, this site, at least for today, has been a good thing. RRZ in OR