Grief is different for everyone. That's what I've learned in the last few months after my dad's death. I already knew it, but now, I have seen it up close. Everyone has the right to feel and...
Since my father died of Covid-19, I have naturally been angry and devastated at the way that people have refused to take this pandemic — and the miracle of vaccination — seriously. However, I...
It was after an anti-vax relative cheerfully told me that the woman who supplies her with organic milk had inside knowledge on how terrible vaccines are that I finally cried. Our family has already...
A few weeks before my dad died, an aggrieved person from a past life of mine tweeted a bunch of lies about me — as aggrieved people are wont to do. Among them was the idea that I’m some kind of...
“Go outside. Touch grass.” This is what we tell people who annoy us on the internet. It’s a flippant saying, but we’re honestly correct to do so. Being extremely online during a pandemic and...
Recent times have been challenging for everyone. We've all had to deal with different issues such as forced isolation, fear of getting sick, mental and physical health, loss of loved ones and...
When we think of grief, we most readily think of a wounded psyche. A beloved person has died, a void opens up, getting ready to swallow you whole. The soul, or the mind, or whatever you want to refer...
Grief opens the door to more grief. It’s something that I’m dwelling on a lot this week, having observed how the loss of my father has had a knock-on effect on my life. An enormous loss won’t...
This piece describes sexual violence, mental ill-health and self-harm I have a diagnosis of complex post-traumatic stress disorder, acute anxiety and depression. I have been misdiagnosed with...
The pandemic has created many pockets of grief across the world, and in this country especially. Grief is a consequence of the global health crisis that often occurs behind closed doors, in private...
