One of the most powerful, yet little known, truths I write about inThe Real Rules of Life: Balancing Life’s Terms with Your Ownis that we grieve for the people we love while they are alive. And that many of our worst losses are “living” losses. Our society has yet to recognize th...
Women adopt a wide variety of coping strategies to manage abuse, ranging from individual estrangement to institutional entitlements. The condition of women becomes complex when they seek institutional support while living with an abusive husband and his family under the common hearth. The present study...
These measures might cause significant changes to students’ social network behaviour and mental health, e.g., increased social media exposure, internet addiction, poor sleep quality, increased loneliness, and a sense of estrangement from family and peers. Students might also experience increased ...
Since I was nine years old, I’ve dreaded the winter months and the holiday season. From a young age, I’ve experienced loss that made the excitement of the season dull. Whether it is family estrangement or going through the holidays after a loved one passed away, just know that you ar...
Based on these accounts the author calls for an end to the estrangement between psychiatric rehabilitation and the spiritual lives of people with mental illnesses by showing the importance of an integrated approach to psychiatric care. The need for such an approach is evident in the accounts of ...
(e.g., ‘I am in lockdown because I am at risk of COVID-19’), and to the adjustment which takes places in order for this new information to become part of the identity structure (e.g., ‘because I am in lockdown with my family, I may have to change some things about myself...
Denial is the most destructive of the strategies because, although in the short term it enables carers to cope with the situation, eventually failure to face reality results in increased stress and can be a cause of estrangement in families. Normalizing the situation by attempting to live life ...