sunlit_music: (Default)
I’ll be at a funeral on Tuesday for a very kind person who died from illness. This means my responses to live journal comments and posts may be delayed on that day.

If you need emotional support due to grief, depression, anxiety or distress you can call Lifeline Australia on 13 11 14.

Men’s line phone number for Australia is: 1800 78 99 78.

Kids Help Line Australia’s phone number is 1800 55 1800. It’s free, private and confidential.

If you have thoughts of suicide or self harm, please call either Lifeline 13 11 14 or the Mental Health Triage Line TECS on 1800 011 511.

If you can’t reach either number, please go to your nearest local hospital emergency department to see your local mental health team or to have a Telehealth mental health assessment if you’re thinking of suicide or self harm.

You matter, your life matters and there are people out there who care about you. You have the right to a happy life and to seek help for your distress and trauma.
sunlit_music: (Default)
Hello everyone,

I saved this post as one of my favourites. Worth checking out. even if you are religious, it has invaluable advice on how anyone can cope with grief and loss:

http://community.livejournal.com/atheism/2181004.html

The post has information targeted at how agnostics and atheists can deal with grief and help anyone else who is grieving.

Best advice (in my opinion - although most of the advice was helpful):

I honour their life, talk about them and remember them. Comfort their family, and help out where I can.

When my best friend died this year - friends who had not seen each other in a decade gathered to share memories, put his ashes in the ground (no "moving on to better places" - but many teary hugs). We expressed regrets at distance over the years in a group. We drank to a good man (the night before the service, the day after, and the following night).


Read more... )
What's healthy in mourning is to take your own time dealing with things, neither trying to put on too strong a face nor cowering in fear because it's too hard to deal with.

Although I'm not religious, I disagree with one of the posters saying that tacking on a religious message to someone's death cheapens it.

Profile

sunlit_music: (Default)
sunlit_music

January 2023

S M T W T F S
1234567
891011121314
15161718192021
22232425262728
293031    

Syndicate

RSS Atom

Most Popular Tags

Style Credit

Expand Cut Tags

No cut tags
Page generated Jul. 9th, 2025 11:43 am
Powered by Dreamwidth Studios