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Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
1 week ago

Experts say the frustration you feel watching a parent struggle with technology isn't really impatience - it's grief disguised as irritation, and most people never recognize the difference - Silicon Canals

Adult children often experience grief, not simple impatience, when observing a parent's loss of skills and the ambiguous loss of who they once were.
Pets
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 week ago

Losing a pet can be as painful as any other bereavement but there are some differences | Ahona Guha

Anticipatory grief for a beloved pet causes persistent emotional strain and complicates end-of-life decisions with guilt and deep attachment.
Careers
fromFast Company
1 month ago

4 strategies for when you're going to lose your job but you don't know when

Anticipatory grief from looming, undefined job loss damages identity; proactive planning, reflection, networking, and resilience sustain leaders through uncertainty.
Mental health
fromPsychology Today
1 month ago

Tools for Emotional Regulation When Life Hurts

Chronic stress causes systemic dysregulation; inability to shut off the stress response harms mood, cognition, immunity, and social connection.
Mental health
fromPsychology Today
2 months ago

How to Cope with World Upheaval

Recognizing grief-like stages—denial, anger, bargaining, depression, acceptance—helps individuals cope with and respond effectively to perceived threats to democratic values.
fromSlate Magazine
2 months ago

Help! I've Sacrificed Christmas With My Family for the Sake of My Marriage. I'm Starting to Resent It.

It's been seven years since we were with my family on Christmas Day. Two of those years we were hunkered down at home with a newborn/about to give birth. The other five years we have spent with my husband's family. My father-in-law has been terminally ill for 12 years, and it's a miracle that he has lived this long. We've truly thought that every year has been his last Christmas, but this year, I really think it's his last.
Relationships
fromwww.mercurynews.com
4 months ago

Asking Eric: My rituals to keep my loved ones alive have taken over my life

Now I'm afraid I'll lose anyone at any time. I have OCD and all my rituals are focused around keeping my mom, sister, husband and current cats safe and alive. I text my mom constantly, and if she doesn't answer for a few hours, I panic. I've started crying and hyperventilating if she didn't send her usual I'm OK morning text by the time she always does; I'm ready to drive to her apartment, prepared to find her body.
Mental health
Mental health
fromTiny Buddha
4 months ago

When the Body Freezes: On Love and Grief in Midlife - Tiny Buddha

Midlife caregiving brings quiet anticipatory grief as adult children juggle distance, dwindling parental health, financial constraints, and the tension between hope and heartbreak.
Mental health
fromPsychology Today
4 months ago

Grieving Someone Who's Still Here

Anticipatory grief causes real emotional and physical symptoms in caregivers of dying or cognitively declining loved ones and requires acknowledgment, shared care, and emotional support.
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