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Reply to "Your voice in my head"

Hi Exploring,

Thank you for believing I'm a good writer.  I have thought about writing an article describing what I went through trying to find help after my P died, because I had to be proactive and I think I should have received more support from my P's colleagues, but my case isn't that unusual.   Also how difficult it is coming to terms with the grief when you can't attend a memorial, meet with friends and family who share the grief as we normally do when someone close to us dies.  You grieve alone and try to access that voice in your head but at first it's too painful because hearing that voice only accentuates the loss.

In the book the author wasn't given a backup T either, but she sought out a P who knew her P, which seemed to help her get some answers, and she also had lunch with her P's wife, who told her that she was special to him.  I find that very interesting because I thought therapists weren't supposed to discuss patients with anyone, including their spouses, but if their meeting really happened, it was very generous of the P's wife to meet and try to comfort the author.

Summer

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