The Grief of a Broken Dream
A dream for our life is a good thing.
Striving to achieve personal satisfaction and accomplishment motivates us from childhood to our old age.
But what do we do when a dream falls apart and is impossible to put back together again?
Accepting the grand plan is over is the first step in starting over again.
Living with this grief for a while is important for allowing time to heal.
For a new purpose and hope, the old life of failed ambition must be put to death,
This blog outlines how to know that a dream has become a nightmare.
Suggestions are given to promote quiet, self-paced healing. How do we know when this has been achieved?
Finally, how are you to kill off the old self and start to rebuild a new you?
Helping those bereaved by suicide
Helping others grieving a suicide is a demanding task as it affects you as well. However, by coming to terms with your own loss, you can help those more directly affected. Familiarise yourself with the experiences of grief the bereaved is having.
There are general and specific suggestions to follow.
Overall, encourage hope that they can learn to live with a lessintense but still real grief.