Category: incomplete grieving

  • Traumatizing Experiences Can Bring On PTSD

    When the Capitol was invaded on January 6, many members of Congress and staff were traumatized by needing to evacuate and hide for hours.They will likely experience PTSD — especially if they thought they were going to die.

  • There Is to Be No Grieving

    When my mother and grandmother died in a DC-3 crash I was 12 years old. The rule in my family was “There is to be no grieving.” Incomplete or unresolved or complicated grieving has powerful long-term effects throughout our lives. As with others who have experienced significant childhood challenges, I’m repeatedly reminded that healing is…