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Share

Your

Grief

“Grief, I’ve learned, is really just love. It’s all the love you want to give, but cannot. All the
unspent love gathers up in the corners of your eyes, the lump in your throat, and in the
hollow part of your chest. Grief is just love with no place to go.” – Jamie Anderson

Psychologists believe writing about grief can reduce pain. Research has found that putting
down one’s thoughts about worries and concerns can help those looking for ways to cope
with their grief.

Writing about it can also help you come to terms with a whole lot of traumatic memories,
painful emotions and assist you understand your trauma better. The fact is that certain
memories and thoughts don’t go away on their own. In fact they never go away.

A person learns to have a meaningful and ongoing relationship with their memory.

While writing requires motivation, energy and dedication, it’s easy, less stressful and all
one needs is a pen, paper, computer or your device keypad. You don’t have to talk to anyone
about it.

At Seniors Today, we are happy to provide you a forum to publish your personal accounts.
Simply mail them to us at editor@seniorstoday.in with Share Your Grief in the subject.
Please also include your name and contact number so that we may contact you in case we
wish to make any clarification. While we would like you to write the first person account
with your name, we will – needless to say – not disclose your information if you wouldn’t
like us to.

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