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Grief & Loss Automated Taglist!
by tommy
Last post
 July 22nd
...See more Welcome to the Grief & Loss Taglist This thread is an auto-updating list. The list is regularly updated by forum leaders and can be found below. Having issues? Reply below and someone will help you! Why should I join the taglist? ✔ Never miss out on sub-community check-ins, discussions or events ✔ Get tagged and notified by community leaders whenever a new relevant thread has been posted ✔ Become a more active member of the community. What do I need to do? ✅ To add yourself to this taglist, press the Post to Thread button below and write the exact words Please add me. ❌ To remove yourself from this taglist, press the Post to Thread button below and write the exact words Please remove me. ------------------------- Current taglist as of 9 September (updated by @tommy) @azuladragon34 @Char1984 @CordialBeing @GentleCalmness @HealingTalk @Jaeteuk @LeonardoMarino @mish3l @mytwistedsoul @Sunisshiningandsoareyou @tommy
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Shared Experiences!♡
by Sunisshiningandsoareyou
Last post
 June 5th
...See more Hey hey, everyone coming across this post. I hope you're doing well. 💛 Grief and loss, is something I feel most of us have experienced in different forms, with varied intensity of emotions, thoughts and emotional reactions to it. As earth-shatteringly difficult it is to experience loss of some kind and do not even get me started on loss of a love one hehe (oh but I definitely will come here too💛), or cope with it, I feel something that remotely, I say remotely because I'm not much of the opinion that anything ever truly helps or fills the void in your life and the hole in your heart! (Much love to you if you feel the same and Kudos to you if you found something that helped you in any way💛). Again, I feel something that *remotely* helps is that we aren't alone in our experiences! It's not like "seeing someone else in pain makes you feel better about yours", more like "seeing someone feel what you do, say what you cannot and understand what you find incomprehensible somewhere, somehow, in whatever small quantity possible too, makes you feel *seen*, makes your pain feel seen, reminds you that what you experienced is 'worthy' of a reaction from you, also helps you understand your feelings better, because sometimes you're not even sure what to really call that 'sudden feeling of a big lump forming in your throat when you're sitting around people giggling and doing their thing' when everything feels 'okay' around you". (Apologies for getting carried away haha, I'm not proof-reading this one, and it's just something straight from my heart, hopefully to yours, typos included😅) Anyway, circling back again, what I find remotely helpful is the idea of shared experiences, of people connected in their grief! Which is why I love reflecting on how someone perceives loss and grief for them, hearing what they have to say about it too! Sometimes it's these shared experiences, heart felt words and raw emotions that remind me I'm not alone, and a lot of times, this is comforting to know! Going forward, I'd like to share some quotes I find comforting with the hope that anyone coming across them here can have a little "oh you see it too?" moment, knowing they aren't alone either and someone has had experienced something as they have and stood by to share it with the world also. The massive amount of courage it takes to talk about it, to relive all of it all over again, to be *brave* for comforting someone else! Most people may not even realise how inspiring they are! 💛 Please feel welcome to share any quotes you like that provide you comfort or reflect on any you see here also! 💛
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Grief Support Session Resumes!
by ASilentObserver
Last post
 January 6th, 2025
...See more Hello all,  I want to inform everyone that we'll have a Grief Support Session starting this Saturday, 19th of October, at 8.00 pm ET time zone in the Support Session group chat. All are invited to join and participate to explore & discuss the experiences and emotions related to grief. @CaringEzra will lead the sessions. Listeners who are experiencing grief are also welcome to join and participate from their member accounts. We look forward to seeing you there! Note: If anyone like to host some support sessions, please do send me a pm at @ASilentObserver Any and all help will be much appreciated. tagging some of the friends: @Jaeteuk, @Happy2Help18, @reallyoverallofit @jonghyunnie, @BlueDarkAurora, @mytwistedsoul 
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A gentle reminder
by Bhrigs
Last post
 July 22nd
...See more Grief can be exhausting in ways people don’t always see. If today feels heavier than yesterday, that’s okay. You don’t have to have all the answers or be strong every moment. Be kind to yourself and take things one step at a time.
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Multiple types of grief hit me hard over the weekend
by Summershy
Last post
 July 2nd
...See more Over the weekend, I had dealt with a lot of bottled up emotions and tried to keep in check.    It was when I attempted to volunteer at an event with some really rude people that these bottled up emotions just exploded.   It happened when I was trying to take a break in the kitchen and our team lead was being very rude and controlling.  I ended reaching a breaking point and threw my unopened bottle of sports drink on the floor and shouted "Leave me alone!" at her.   Though someone asked if I was ok, I firmly said no and went somewhere private to cry.  1. This past weekend was father's day and I was left out of my dad's funeral 2. Then I have been grieving over a lot of other disappointments like driving a car, having trouble making friends, being accepted, and lots of other types of loss.
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During the one year anniversary
by Summershy
Last post
 March 31st
...See more I don't come here very often but I need to.  This past Saturday was the one year anniversary of my dad's passing.  However, I have not just grieving the anniversary but I am also grieving other things 1. I pretty much went no contact with my family to protect me peace.  The big one is that I was treated like the black sheep.  They also seem to leave me at the bottom of their list because I am autistic and have other mental health issues.   - Neither my mom or sisters wrote me a letter while me was in hospice.  Instead, I found out through the grapevine when my best friend when he found the news on sister's social media page -They had a distante cousin try and reach out but I ignored her because she never took much interest -When he died, my family didn't reach out. Rather,  I found out through my best friend Meanwhile, I got left out of a birthday party by someone who said she was my friend.   However, she made it clear that I was a lesser priority - When I called them out, they have been very cold and dismissive.  
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Live;
by Healhealthlove
Last post
 January 30th
...See more How are you feeling today.?
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Favorite comfort foods during the fall season?
by SoulThought
Last post
 December 1st, 2025
...See more Hello Grief and Loss Community. I hope you are all doing well. I hope everyone has the support they need for the holiday season. If you do not know how, how could that be changed? Also, what are everyone's favorite comfort foods or treats in the holiday season? I am always curious about what others share because I enjoy trying new things. Personally, I find eggnog to be my favorite treat, which typically appears a few weeks before Thanksgiving and remains available through Christmas.  I always love hearing from everyone and appreciate their ideas and comments. Peace be with you all, SoulThought
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What has been the most helpful?
by SoulThought
Last post
 October 28th, 2025
...See more Hello Grief and Loss Community. I hope everyone is doing well as we begin the weekend. Personally, I am freezing since it went from shorts weather directly to thick sweater weather without any gradual transition.  If you feel like sharing, what has been, or continues to be, the most helpful way for you to deal with your grief? We all have a great deal of wisdom and insight that could really help one another. I am looking forward to reading everything anyone feels like sharing. Peace be with you. 
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Things you remember of the loved one you lost
by HealingTalk
Last post
 December 26th, 2024
...See more Let's imagine we are sitting in a circle around a campfire at dusk. There might be darkness out there, but we are together, sharing our stories, and the fire brings us light and warmth. Someone asks "What things you remember most vividly of the loved one you lost?" ------------------------- Questions: * What things you remember most vividly of the loved one you lost? Might be a character trait, a situation, a habit, an anecdote, or any vivid memory that comes to your mind. * How have you been feeling these days? ------------------------- These questions are optional. You can add any comments you wish, as they come to your mind. I look forward to your answers! And I wish you all the best! Marcelo. ------------------------- If you find that joining the Grief & Loss team might be interesting, you are curious about it, or have any questions, please send me a message from HERE [https://www.7cups.com/@HealingTalk] ------------------------- If you wish to be added to the Grief & Loss taglist, press HERE [https://www.7cups.com/forum/grief/CommunitySpace_2586/GriefLossAutomatedTaglist_306844/] [https://www.7cups.com/forum/grief/CommunitySpace_2586/GriefLossAutomatedTaglist_306844/] (in the future, only those included in this taglist will receive notifications of check-ins and other posts by the team). ------------------------- This piece was first posted as the Grief & Loss Check-In of August 1st, 2023
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Check-in
by ThoughtLight
Last post
 August 30th, 2024
...See more How is everyone doing this week? Please everyone feel free to reach out to me, to each other, to yourselves. Let's see where we all stand and who could use a healping hand.
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Crying
by HealingTalk
Last post
 August 28th, 2024
...See more Crying I imagine our tears flowing into a common sea. "All the rivers flow into the sea"... We are all together in this. Our shared sorrow is there, it has been for generations and always will be, as an inherent part of our human condition. Crying is frequent when we grieve. We might cry. A lot. It is a way of releasing strong emotions, particularly sadness. Crying expresses these intense emotions, contributes to processing our pain and, hopefully, might help us cope with grief by releasing some of its intensity. ------------------------- Questions - Do you cry from time to time? Rarely? Often? A little? A lot? - What makes you cry? - How do you feel after crying? - How are you feeling these days? ------------------------- These questions are optional. You can add any comments you wish, as they come to your mind. I look forward to your answers! And I wish you all the best! Marcelo. ------------------------- Image: "Crying Woman" Candido Portinari - 1955 - Crayon on paper. Portinari is the most renowned visual artist of Brazil, and South America. He has a series of "Crying Woman" drawings and paintings, some of which are "too expressive" to post here. ------------------------- If you find that joining the Grief & Loss team might be interesting, you are curious about it, or have any questions, please send me a message from HERE [https://www.7cups.com/@HealingTalk] ------------------------- If you wish to be added to the Grief & Loss taglist, press HERE [https://www.7cups.com/forum/grief/CommunitySpace_2586/GriefLossAutomatedTaglist_306844/] [https://www.7cups.com/forum/grief/CommunitySpace_2586/GriefLossAutomatedTaglist_306844/] (in the future, only those included in this taglist will receive notifications of check-ins and other posts by the team). ------------------------- This piece was first posted as the Grief & Loss Check-In of August 11, 2023
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Clarifying the term "acceptance" and seeing how everyone is.
by ThoughtLight
Last post
 August 22nd, 2024
...See more Most people have heard of Dr. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross's 5 stages of grief model. Denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance. People may go out of order, repeat steps and even totally skip steps and usually people are consciously every identifying any of these steps occurring. Due to me recent traumatizing loss I've learned there is a misconception on what "acceptance" means. I've heard people say they don't want to accept it. Of course nobody does. But it doesn't at all mean you have to be ok with what happened. It is very valid to never have to feel ok with what happened. Acceptance is simply just registering what happened and then moving on. It can happen in just a second or two and have no affect. I also have learned modern professionals really aren't devotedly following this decade's standard famous model anymore. The grief process doesn't need labels and labels just really don't help. Grief is unfortunately a natural emotional experience every human must experience at least once in life. But I know that it feels like the end of the world. With that said how is everybody? I'm a new forum supporter so I would love to meet everybody in the very special community. And if anybody ever needs to talk on a 1-on-1 basis please feel free to message me anytime and I will gladly help however I can and am fine to serve as a place to just vent and let all those conflicting thought out of your mind judgement free. We are all here to help each other. So, we don't have to go through our unique paths completely alone. 
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Daily check in
by gloomySunshine4673
Last post
 May 6th, 2024
...See more How are you doing today? Make sure to take care of yourseld, okay? You got this
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Grief & Loss Check in 5/14/24
by Kristynsmama
Last post
 April 17th, 2024
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Our warmest welcome to the Grief & Loss Community!

To Join our Community:
- From a phone: click the three dots "..." at the top left and press "Join Community".
- From a computer: click the "+ Join" button to the left.

This is a caring and safe place to share your thoughts and feelings arising from the loss and grief of any kind; losing someone or something important in your life, the loss of friendships and relationships, loss of your past self. These experiences may have occurred very recently, in the distant past, or any time in between.

You are invited to tell your story, write about your emotions, and also support others. Sort by "Recent" and answer their posts from your perspective and with your comforting words.

This is also a place to ask questions about the nature of grieving, how to cope with any associated pain, discomfort or change, and also how to manage the disruption this loss might have caused in your life.

And then, get tentative answers from people who have been in the same situation.

You might join our Check-Ins too, where we meet and exchange ideas around a common topic.


What are the different forum topics for Grief & Loss?

Check-ins from the Community Team: Current and former check-ins for you to join the talk with other members of the Community around a common topic.
Resources for Grief and Processing Emotions: Find resources here to help overcome grief. 

Community Space: Short posts to share your opinion about different topics. 


How can I help?

You can help us by simply responding to threads and sharing your story (if you're comfortable). Check-in with us, join a discussion, or start one! Alternatively, you can join us as a Forum Leader. Check out this thread for more information.


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