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Adult Help Line:
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972.233.2233
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Teen Help Line:
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972.233.TEEN
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Español Help Line:
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972.233.2428
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Many of our callers are suffering from feelings of grief. The individuals are usually in very different stages of grief than the family or friends around them. You may feel alone and wondering why it is taking you so long to get over what others "seem" to have moved past.
If you are experiencing grief you maybe going through some of the symptoms below. The grief process is natural and inevitable–we all respond to loss and change with feelings of pain, apprehension, or fear. Even a positive change in life can bring about anxiety due to the unknown nature of how life will be in the future.
You are not alone. We are here to listen, not to judge.
Grief is a universal response to change and loss in life. It is often:
- Anxiety over separation and its implied loss of self.
- Withdrawal of emotional investment.
- An emotional wound requiring time for healing.
Grief is accompanied by characteristics which can include the following:
- Somatic distress (i.e. change in sleeping patterns, excessive fatigue,change in eating habits).
- Emotional expression (i.e. excessive crying, fear, anxiety, panic).
- Preoccupation with the image of a deceased loved one (auditoryand/or visual hallucinations).
- Loss of patterns of behavior (i.e. inability to work).
- Identification with the deceased.
- Wave-like feelings of grief, as though one is "engulfed" by feelings.
- Struggle to affirm reality.
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