Isolated or Connected?
Isolated or Connected?
Grief can be an isolating experience.
After my first-born son died and the subsequent losses that ensued, I remember thinking and feeling that no-one understood how it really was for me.
Realistically, how could they? It wasn’t their experience.
It wasn’t for another eleven years before I connected with other women who had lost an infant suddenly and unexpectedly without cause. It was then that I no longer felt so alone with my loss because they really did understand; it was their experience too.
This was a real turning point for me.
I let go of my monopoly on suffering. The desire to support other families going through a similar loss was sparked
This work of the heart began twenty-one years ago and continues to this day and has expanded to include families who have ‘lost’ children of all ages and gestation, from in utero through to adulthood, from different causes and at different times after the loss from hours, weeks and months to years later.
It’s an ongoing process, adapting to living without your child.
Having trod this path for thirty-two years now along with my fair share of other losses along the way, I can attest to losing a child as being one of the toughest, roughest losses to bear.
If you find yourself in this boat without a paddle, you don’t need to do this alone. There are many of us out here. Everyone’s loss and experience of it is unique but loss and grief is also universal, it comes with being human. None of us gets out of here alive!
What have you got to lose that you haven’t already?
If you would like to relieve your isolation and be supported, connect now
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© Claire Laurenson 2017
This blog is the author’s viewpoint and is not intended to replace professional medical advice.