Understanding the silent grievers
I am an expert in sibling grief. Not because I'm a psychologist who specialise in grief. I am an expert because grieving my sibling is the life I live and his death has had a large impact on my life. The hardest thing about being a silent griever... 1. Bereaved siblings are misunderstood. We are miss understood by all the people in our lives; parents, families, friends, partners, etc. So much focus is given to the parents of the dead child, the spouse or children of the dead adult child. Don't get me wrong I'm not saying they shouldn't have this support, but what about the siblings? Feeling lonely in our grief comes from being misunderstood. For me and many other bereaved siblings that I have met the hardest part of trying to grief is the fact that we get no real support from those around us, instead we mainly get... "How's your mom doing?" "Your parents must be a mess." "I can't imagine the pain your parents must be in." Like some...