Time to Grieve: How to Come Through Bereavement to Recovery And Growth

Cover......Page 1
Copyright......Page 5
Contents......Page 6
Preface......Page 8
Some explanations......Page 12
A working hypothesis......Page 14
Death isn't strictly the end.. .......Page 18
2 The process of grieving......Page 20
The biological purpose of grief......Page 32
What can make grieving better or worse?......Page 35
Women are better than men at grief?......Page 40
The older, the easier?......Page 45
Widowism......Page 47
Change can bring about growth......Page 48
'It's like a bereavement...'......Page 54
The physical damage of grief......Page 55
The hidden dangers of grief......Page 58
Bereft forever: chronic grief......Page 62
Grief postponed......Page 63
Exaggerated grief......Page 64
Guilty grief......Page 65
Depression......Page 66
The ten clues to trouble ahead......Page 67
How others can help us......Page 68
How we can help them to help us......Page 75
Bereavement counselling......Page 79
The death of a partner......Page 82
Single again......Page 87
Same-sex partner, grief......Page 90
The death of parents......Page 91
Family grief......Page 102
When our own child dies.........Page 108
Baby death......Page 110
The grief of grandparents......Page 117
The sudden death......Page 118
Death by violence......Page 120
Suicide......Page 122
Extra-marital grief......Page 127
Grief for pets......Page 128
Death in other cultures......Page 129
Go with the flow......Page 134
Hrst-aid for stuck minds......Page 135
Keep a grief diary......Page 137
Don't listen to strange thoughts.........Page 139
Make some changes......Page 141
How can we tell things are improving?......Page 142
Food and sleep......Page 143
Exercise......Page 144
Self-hypnosis......Page 147
The Deborah Kerr theory......Page 150
Becoming more confident......Page 152
How to do things......Page 154
five rules for getting things done......Page 156
A relationship review......Page 157
Grieving doesn't mean we can't feel pleasure......Page 160
And now for something completely different.........Page 161
Know who your friends are......Page 162
Married, single or widowed? (delete as applicable)......Page 163
Seeking another partner relationship......Page 165
Conclusion......Page 172
I Things to be done......Page 176
II Welfare benefits following a death......Page 196
III Useful addresses......Page 199
IV Grief on the Internet......Page 202
V Further reading......Page 207
Index......Page 208