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Old 10-02-2008, 05:15 AM
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The symptoms of PSD can show up immediately or not for months or years. They can last a short while; they can last a lifetime.

Because we are very good at hiding feelings from ourselves, especially very painful ones, we may experience nightmares that seem unrelated to the death of our loved ones.

Having to go it alone makes recovery harder. Having no chance to talk about the experience makes it harder. Having no chance to understand what has happened and why it happened -guilt, stigma, and silence - all make recovery harder.


Quoted very loosly from Silent Grief by Christopher Lukas and Henry M. Seiden.
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