Grief & Loss Articles

Obsessed with Sandy Hook Victim

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Thursday, January 31st, 2013
I'm very broken up about the deaths of the Sandy Hook victims. One in particular has captured my heart. I find myself looking at his pictures every day & trying to look for info on him & his family. I have a girl his age ...

Grieving and Depressed, Maybe

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Tuesday, January 29th, 2013
My mom died 12 yrs ago . She is buried 1000 miles away. I have not been to her grave since we placed her there. I know her spirit isn't in one place. But for some unreasonable reason I feel guilty and have been wanting ...

Confusing Feelings

By Daniel J. Tomasulo, PhD, TEP, MFA, MAPP on Wednesday, January 16th, 2013
I don't know how I feel; my feelings and actions are confusing to me. Okay. So this is probably going to be long and confusing for everyone reading this. I have a hard time expressing my feelings, and maybe it's genetic because apparently my mother ...

Mother-in-Law Wants Us to Provide Care

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Tuesday, January 15th, 2013
In May my mother-in-law had a stroke. She has been in a hospital or nursing home since the stroke. She has many serious health issues but she thinks that my husband and I should bring her home and care for her here. ...

Should I Restart Antidepressants?

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Monday, January 14th, 2013
Going on 4 years ago my ex brother in-law commit suicide, I was then told that I had depression which I assume was a result of his death, I took myself off anti depressants about a year ago and I am starting to feel the ...

[Video] Grieving Death Of Pets

By Julie Hanks, LCSW on Sunday, January 13th, 2013
I had 2 pet ferrets. One died in January and the other died in June, both of cancer at the age of 5. I was overly attached to them and I was completely devastated when they died, particularly because they both got sick to the ...

My Psychiatrist Has Alzheimer’s

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Friday, January 11th, 2013
I've been treated by one psychiatrist for major depressive disorder since 1981. He is the finest person I've ever known, the kindest and most caring. To say he has saved my life is an understatement. I don't see him every week (the first ten years ...

Stealing, Bullying, Lying

By Daniel J. Tomasulo, PhD, TEP, MFA, MAPP on Monday, December 31st, 2012
The past 2 months have not gone the way I thought my senior year would go at all, At the beginning of my senior year, on of my friends I had not seen in a about 4 months died of a failed liver. The following ...

Bad Time to Quit Smoking?

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Tuesday, December 25th, 2012
I am 50 years old, the age where loved ones get sick, need care, and die. I am currently caring for one relative in my home who has in curable cancer after having cared for a different relative (only a few hours per week) who ...

Boyfriend Doesn’t Understand My Grief

By Daniel J. Tomasulo, PhD, TEP, MFA, MAPP on Monday, December 24th, 2012
My father passed away unexpectedly 3 months ago and I have been struggling with the grief of losing him and also being there with my father when it happened and everything that comes with that responsibility. It happened overseas and I have come back home ...

Career and Personal Help

By Daniel J. Tomasulo, PhD, TEP, MFA, MAPP on Tuesday, December 18th, 2012
I am unemployed since past 4 months, my previous company got shut down and this happened before as well with me. I was working as a Recruiter with a US Recruitment Firm but they closed there branch here in Mumbai due to Management shortfall. I ...

I Feel Like I’m Losing My Mind

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Sunday, December 9th, 2012
When I was younger everyone thought I was a happy kid even if I didnt talk too much, I never really worried about things until about 8th grade. My grandmother has been raising me since I was 2 years old, and I never thought much ...