by Gary Roe | Anxiety, Courageous Living, divorce recovery, Emotional pain, Family relationships, Fear, God and Grief, Grief and Loss, grief pain, Grief recovery, grief support, Healing from the past, Healing from trauma, Honesty and Transparency, loss of loved one, Peace, Physical illness, Physical symptoms, Purpose and meaning, Relationships, Spiritual growth, Spiritual questioning, Spiritual suffering, Stress Management, Suffering and Pain, Suicide grief, Worry
I feel shaky inside. I’m skittish and nervous. I’m anxious about everything now. What is happening to me? How do I deal with this? Anxiety is extremely common during times of loss. Most of us deal with some anxiety on a daily basis. We live in an anxious world. Some...
by Gary Roe | Death and dying, Depression, divorce recovery, Emotional pain, Family relationships, Fatigue and Exhaustion, God and Grief, Grief and Loss, grief depression, grief pain, Grief recovery, grief support, Healing from trauma, Loneliness, loss of loved one, Physical illness, Physical symptoms, Purpose and meaning, Sadness, Spiritual suffering, Suffering and Pain, Suicide grief
My heart is in such pain. I feel like I’m in pieces. I’ve never experienced anything like this. Why does this hurt so much? Loss hits our hearts. The pain of losing someone we love can be deep and debilitating. We are designed for relationship. We come out of the womb...
by Gary Roe | Anger management, Courageous Living, divorce recovery, Emotional pain, Families and grief, Family relationships, Forgiveness, God and Grief, Grief and Loss, grief depression, Grief recovery, Healing from the past, Healing from trauma, Honesty and Transparency, Loneliness, Loss of a Child, Loss of a friend, Loss of a parent, loss of a spouse, loss of loved one, Love, Relationships, Spiritual suffering, Stress Management, Suffering and Pain, Suicide grief
“Where did everyone go?” I’ve heard this statement many times from grieving hearts. After a loss, our relationships begin to change. People pull back. Some disappear. Others try to support us but have no idea what to do. Still others evaluate us and...
by Gary Roe | Anger management, Death and dying, Decision-making, divorce recovery, Emotional pain, Faith, Families and grief, Family relationships, Fear, Forgiveness, God and Grief, Grief and Loss, grief pain, Grief recovery, grief support, Healing from the past, Healing from trauma, Loneliness, loss of loved one, Peace, Physical illness, Physical symptoms, Relationships, Spiritual suffering, Suffering and Pain, Suicide grief, Trauma recovery
I’m angry about what happened. Surely someone could have done something. Why did this have to happen? Why do we have to die? What do I do with this anger? Anger is a powerful emotion. It is a natural and common part of the grief process. Almost everyone experiences...
by Gary Roe | Anxiety, Courageous Living, Death and dying, Faith, Families and grief, Family relationships, Fear, God and Grief, Grief and Loss, Grief recovery, Guilt, Healing from the past, Healing from trauma, Loss of a Child, Loss of a friend, Loss of a parent, loss of a spouse, loss of loved one, Purpose and meaning, Regret, Self-destructive behaviors, Spiritual suffering, Suffering and Pain, Suicide grief
After the death of a loved one, guilt tends to surface. We wonder what we could’ve done that we didn’t. There are things we did and said that we regret. “I feel guilty,” is a common statement from grieving hearts. The following is an excerpt...
by Gary Roe | Denial, divorce recovery, Emotional pain, Families and grief, Grief and Loss, Grief recovery, Grief shock, grief support, Healing from trauma, Loss of a Child, Loss of a friend, Loss of a parent, Loss of a sibling, loss of a spouse, loss of loved one, Relationships, Spiritual suffering, Stress Management, Suffering and Pain, Suicide grief, Trauma recovery
This can’t be real. It just can’t. I can’t believe it. It doesn’t make any sense. This is all wrong somehow. How could this happen? When we first hear the news of the death of someone we love, our hearts are stunned. Our minds freeze. Even our bodies can go into...
