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Holdiay Grief: Survival Guide Part 2
Holiday grief can be heavy. It’s a whirlwind of emotions for the entire holiday season, and then some. It’s as if the holidays...
Kristy C
Nov 25, 20243 min read
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How to Support Someone Grieving this Holiday Season
It can be hard to watch someone we love struggle so much, especially during the holiday season. A lot of times we just want to fix it for...
Kristy C
Nov 23, 20243 min read
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Holiday Grief : Survival Guide Part 1
Holiday season is officially upon us and while it’s designated as ‘the most wonderful time of the year’, not everyone loves or looks...
Kristy C
Nov 21, 20243 min read
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Pain vs. Suffering
I’ve spent the last two weeks really deep diving into my grief, trying to figure out how to get out of this limbo stage of living in my...
Kristy C
Oct 26, 20244 min read
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Grief Support - Stronger than the Storm
When I first lost Tim, I was reaching and grabbing for anything and everything that I could to help me get through. This was when I...
Kristy C
Apr 19, 20243 min read
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Death Changed Me
Death changes people, all kinds of death and all kinds of people. Changed, forever. I am learning that widows are a different breed....
Kristy C
Apr 11, 20243 min read
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Intrusive Thoughts
Disclaimer: I will be talking about my experience with suicide and details about Tim’s death. If you find these to be hard topics, I...
Kristy C
Feb 6, 20243 min read
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We never truly know what someone is going through
Disclaimer, I will be talking about suicide, I will be talking about bi-polar disorder, I will be talking about mania and survivors of...
Kristy C
Jan 24, 20247 min read
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Smiling through it
I saw a quote the other day that said, ‘I smile to stop myself from crying’ and I felt that. Following that I saw one that said, ‘You...
Kristy C
Jan 14, 20242 min read
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Survivors of Suicide Loss Day
This year Survivors of Suicide Loss Day happens to fall on my birthday, November 18th. How appropriate, right? At first, I was I was...
Kristy
Nov 14, 20232 min read
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Survivor's Grief
This is where I am and this is where I am stuck. For some reason I can’t move passed this and today I googled how long does it take to...
Kristy
Oct 31, 20237 min read
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Guilt and Grief
Guilt: Feeling responsible or regretful for a perceived offense, real or imaginary. Survivors Guilt: A person may experience survivor's...
Kristy
Oct 13, 20235 min read
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Learning to live again...
93 days… 93 days without the love of my life. Today marks three months that you left this earth and it feels like just yesterday when my...
Kristy
Sep 26, 20234 min read
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Grief is Hard
Losing anyone is hard. I've experienced a lot of loss in my life; family, friends, co-workers, pets, etc. but nothing has ever compared...
Kristy
Sep 14, 20234 min read
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Underneath it all...
A sweet friend of mine posted something the other day that hit me to the core. She has recently come out on the upside of battling stage...
Kristy
Sep 5, 20233 min read
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Failed by the System: Part 2 Reflection
After I wrote my last blog about being failed by a specific “mental health” facility, I had so much anger in me. I am resentful towards...
Kristy
Aug 20, 20234 min read
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We All Grieve Differently...
It’s been four weeks… four long, heartbreaking, soul crushing weeks. I never know how I’m going to feel when I wake up but most days...
Kristy
Jul 26, 20235 min read
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Good Grief, Charlie Brown!
Whenever Charlie Brown said this, it was his way of saying ‘bummer’. If you don't know who Charlie Brown is, we will save that for...
Kristy
Jul 21, 20234 min read
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