Category: Personal Stories

“Wake up, wake up. Please wake up!” These are the words I kept repeating over and over while I was in front of my father’s casket. It was an entirely devastating event in my life I wish I never experienced. I thought I could get over it as it would be easy for me to Read More

  Source: rawpixel.com Grief is a circumstance that all individuals go through when they lose someone they love. Sigmund Freud stressed in a book that he published about grieving that this is also applicable to a concept, loss of fatherland, or freedom. He stressed that it is not right to consider grief as pathological and Read More

My mother battled cancer for less than three years before the disease took over her body. We assumed that the cancer cells would not stand a chance against chemotherapy, considering the doctor managed to detect cancer early. She also took the correct medicine and did everything that the doctors ordered. However, no one could ever Read More

  Source: rawpixel.com   It is natural to be worried and threatened to be in the grief support network. This may be one of the reasons why loving people sometimes hurt the ones they care about, particularly to their grieving loved ones, which may include family members and significant others. Optimistically, after reading this, you’ll Read More

After almost three months of constant updates about the COVID-19 virus, I feel like there is no way I am going back to the way things were. Pretty much, it is impossible to continue doing what I used to because I am still trying the best to avoid the frustration from the unfortunate situation. But Read More

The COVID-19 pandemic is not something I see every day. Honestly, the whole experience is scary. Anxiety and confusion fill me every time I think about the future. No, it is not that I am not looking forward to the end of this. It is just that I have these momentary feelings that I am Read More

For many of us (especially pet-owners) losing a valued animal companion can be every bit of devastating. Dealing with your beloved pet’s death can be tricky too because you might tell yourself that it’s not even a person. Therefore, there’s no need to grieve and cry. However, there’s also the possibility that you will hate Read More

Grief, we all felt it at some point in our lives. It’s that intense emotion that follows after a loved one dies. It’s a monstrous feeling that sucks the life out of you little by little every single day. In addition to that, grief can also trigger all of the negative emotions you haven’t felt Read More

Euthanasia is the act of ending a person’s life to give relief to their suffering and grief, and it has been around since time immemorial. It started during the dark ages when there were numerous diseases that were incurable, and mercy killing was the only option left. Presently, most laws and countries prohibit this action Read More