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What creative ways do you cope with grief?
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I lost my husband to cancer September 15 2024. I dont know if these are rituals for grieving but I do talk with him when I am in the car I also have sprayed his cologne on a stuffed animal he had in the hospital during treatment and give it a hug when I just need that connection with him. I also have an app on my phone for journaling and I use that to "text" him stuff not every day. I have found that I am doing these things less now then I was the first couple of months.
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I am a great believer in journal writing...because you become two different people. First you are the writer & sometimes amaze yourself with what comes out of your
pen/mind & it is cathartic.
Second you become a reader when you go back & consider what was written a few days or months or even years ago.
You are a different person now with a different perspective
and you learn from yourself! ( can you tell I both taught writing & was a therapist :)... 🙂 K
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These seem like beautiful ways for you to "keep in touch" with your husband. And it sounds like they help, even as the need might lessen. The journaling app that you use to "text" sounds like something I do from time to time--write a letter to a dead person I miss. I just keep it in my journal, but I think I could "send" it by burning or burying in the earth. But for now I'm content to just check in. thanks for reminding me that I can reach out as needed.