Traumatic or Complicated Grief is difficult to work through on your own. We give you tips on how to find the right therapist and share our original season one podcast on the special circumstances that make this type of grief so hard.
How much grief is normal?
Processing a death can be difficult, especially if it was a sudden, unexpected loss, which can lead to traumatic grief. An accident, drug overdose, murder, miscarriage or relationship that was complicated by abuse or guilt all echo for years, sometimes silently.
Find Help and Learn About Traumatic Grief
Learn in this episode about how to find a therapist to help guide you through this difficult time, as we reintroduce our season one episode that goes in depth about traumatic and complicated grief.
In this Episode:
- 00:00 – Finding a Therapist
- 04:57 – Intro to S1E07 Rebroadcast about Traumatic Grief
- 06:02 – Recipe of the Week: Chocolate Éclair Cake
- 08:26 – Traumatic Bereavement
- 32:39 – Caught in the Act
- 46:03 – Outro
Resources for Finding a Therapist:
- How to Find a Therapist That’s Right for You: 8 Key Tips (healthline.com)
- How to Find a Therapist (realsimple.com)
- Psychology Today: Health, Help, Happiness + Find a Therapist
- GoodTherapy – Find the Right Therapist
- Talkspace and BetterHelp are online platforms that only provide teletherapy.
- Some people find a digital therapy platform to be more convenient and affordable than in-person therapy. Weekly sessions may range from $35–$80 for online therapy.
- Commonly used online search tools include:
Traumatic Grief
…suffering…no matter how multiplied, is always individual.”
Anne Morrow Lindberg
In our S1E11 Episode we talked about grief and mourning. This week we expand on the concept to discuss traumatic or complicated grief. Traumatic grief is grief and mourning over a death that came about in traumatic circumstances (e.g. sudden, suicide, murder).
COVID-19 affected many in this way because loved ones often died suddenly and alone. This can leave family members with regret and emotional pain from “not being there” at their last moments.
We talk about how to identify complicated grief, and ways to help yourself cope with this type of death.
Resources about Traumatic Grief:
- Traumatic Grief – When death is sudden and unexpected (Psychology Today)
- Traumatic Bereavement (Cruise Bereavement Center)
- After a month: traumatic grief and post-traumatic stress (Sudden, a resource for Sudden Death, including COVID-19)
- Helping Children with Traumatic Separation or Traumatic Grief Related to COVID-19 – PDF (National Child Traumatic Stress Network)
Recipe Time!
As Melissa from Melissa’s Southern Style Kitchen describes this recipe… If you love the classic eclair cake, you’ll do back flips for this glorious Death By Chocolate Eclair Cake variation. The chocolate mousse-like filling is sandwiched between chocolate graham crackers, then topped with a chocolate ganache. The top is beautifully garnished with chocolate whipped cream making it a chocolate lovers dream come true. Visit Melissa’s site for the recipe and a how-to video.
In Flagrante Delicto Morto
Charlie tells us about some French and British historical figures that left this world with a smile on their face…until the grim reaper showed up!
Related Episodes:
- S1E11: Grief
- S2E6: The Stages of Grief
- S1E41: When someone you love dies from an overdose
- S3E17: Grieving A Mother’s Death
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Everyone Dies: and yes, it is normal!
Everyone Dies (and yes, it is normal) is a story about a young boy named Jax who finds something special on the beach where he and his grandpa Pops are enjoying a wonderful day. Pops helps Jax understand that death is a normal part of life. This book provides an age appropriate, non-scary, comfortable way to introduce the important topic of mortality to a preschool child. Its simple explanation will last a lifetime. Autographed copies for sale at: www.everyonediesthebook.com. Also available at Amazon
Mourning Jewelry
We offer a way to memorialize your loved one or treasured pet with a piece of handmade jewelry. When people comment on it and the wearer can say for example “I received this when my mother died” which opens the conversation about this loss. All our jewelry is made with semi-precious stones and beads, vintage beads, and pearls. You can choose between earrings or bracelets and the color family. Learn More
