Grief Can Be Harder During Christmas – An Expert Explains Why |
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Grief can make you feel like you’re walking in a daze. You watch the world carry on as yours has stood still and wonder if you will ever feel anything close to ‘normal’ again.
Add to this the twinkling lights and forced fun at Christmas, you can feel completely out your depth. You’re ‘supposed’ to be feeling holiday magic but you can’t bring yourself to. It can be really isolating.
The UK’s leading Dementia charity, Alzheimer’s Society, urges: “Around one million people are living with dementia in the UK and the terminal condition is the UK’s biggest killer which means thousands of families will experience the devastation it causes.
“Many people will be facing this Christmas without their loved ones.”
We may be feeling lonely but none of us are alone in this.
How to cope at Christmas when you’re grieving
For many of us, the solution is all-too-often just to grin and bear the pain, wait for it to pass and keep our heads down.
However, there are real steps we can take to help ourselves.
Alzheimer’s Society Senior Knowledge Officer, Angelo Makri, offers this advice to those struggling this Christmas:
Grief is often complex and difficult, and it can be hard to adjust to........