September is Suicide Prevention Awareness Month – a time to talk about suicide, to listen without judgement, and to remind one another that asking for help is not a sign of weakness. September also feels particularly significant to me because Major Trauma Awareness Week takes place from 14–22 September. The campaign by the Day One Trauma […]
I want to speak directly to you. Have you ever found yourself sitting in a room, forgetting why you walked in? Or rereading the same sentence over and over again because your mind just won’t hold it? Have you noticed yourself feeling slower, foggier, more forgetful since your loss? If that sounds familiar, I want you to
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I want to speak directly to you: How often have you found yourself quietly comparing your pain to someone else’s? How often have you thought, “It’s not that bad. Others have it worse”? If that sounds familiar, you’re not alone. This is exactly what people mean by the Grief Olympics – the invisible competition where
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“No one warned me that surviving my accident would mean grieving a life that never actually ended, rather an ambiguous loss, lingering quietly beneath the surface.” My traumaversary Today marks my fifth traumaversary – five years since the accident that changed my life in a split second. Five years ago, I was hit by a
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I was walking home from the gym, lost in my own thoughts when the siren of a passing ambulance suddenly made me jump, as has been the case so often since my accident. The ambulance siren took me back to the immediate aftermath of my accident after I was hit by a van. However, this
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