I Didn't Know What to Say (eBook)

Being A Better Friend to Those Who Experience Loss

David Knapp (Autor)

Knapp Wacker Crystal (Herausgeber)

eBook Download: EPUB

2016 | 1., Revised Edition
200 Seiten
Distributed By Ingram Spark (Verlag)
978-0-9976310-1-2 (ISBN)

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Death is the opposite of life. And for those who have experienced loss, grieving can feel dark, lonely, scary, confusing and/or almost unbearable. For those grieving, life almost seems suspended, but the reality is, life goes on regardless of our loss. As fellow humans looking on, we WANT to communicate, but words seem impotent and so often we simply dont know what to say, hence, the title of David Knapps book: I Didnt Know What To Say: Being A Better Friend to Those Who Experience Loss.The author speaks candidly about his firsthand experience with death and dying by sharing his personal heartache, struggles and lessons learned in the process. He discusses how fear and isolation often go together in the grieving process. The griever often feels fear while those around them often isolate them until they get over it. He gives insights about the multi-layered nature of grief and helps readers understand how they can better fit into the process of helping others through those various layers. He discusses the subjects of avoidance and stuffing, hope and disappointment, sadness and sorrow, coming to grips with permanent separation, loss, and learning to live with a new identity.Though the author shares his story about grieving the loss of two wives after illness, I appreciate how he also incorporates other forms of death, dying, and loss. These may include grief over abandonment from an adoption, separation through abortion, the loss of children and friends through illness, a miscarriage, or even the loss of a pet, job or a dream. He also touches on the differences between genders, cultures and religions to help readers understand differing perspectives and worldviews about death and dying.In each chapter youll find sections with practical helps such as, Point to Ponder and What To Say or What Not To Say to someone during the grieving process, along with other practical advice on overcoming barriers that affect healthy mourning.In the end, the author shares how his personal roots of faith helped ground and guide him through the inevitable reality of grief, permanence of loss and discovering a new normal.

Inhalt

Introduction

1WHEN I EXPERIENCED LOSS
My Life Lived Through Multiple Losses
2 WHEN MOURNING HAPPENS
Some of the basics about the mourning process

3 WHEN DEATH STOLE MY WIFE - TWICE
My personal experience of losing two spouses

4 WHEN DEATH STEALS A SPOUSE
Special help when aiding those who have lost a spouse through death

5 WHEN LOSS STEALS A CHILD
¬¬ Comforting those who have lost a child by any means

6 WHEN DEATH ROBS A FRIEND OR RELATIVE
Helping those who have lost someone close through death

7 WHEN KIDS GRIEVE
Insight and help for aiding the immature who need to mourn

8 WHEN BARRIERS AFFECT MOURNING
Gender difference tips for helpers

9 WHEN CULTURE SHADES GRIEVING
Cross-culture difference tips for helpers

10 WHEN YOU GRIEVE
Tips for those who are experiencing loss

11WHEN THE NOT-SO-UNUSUAL HAPPENS
Helping others with losses of pets, jobs and divorce

12WHEN I GRIEVED SUCCESSFULLY
How I found strength and wisdom to survive loss and do it well

13WHEN TO DO WHAT
Timeline suggestions for practical things to do to help grievers

14Conclusion

Acknowledgements

Bibliography
Moving Forward
What Others Say

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 15.8.2016
• Vorwort: Stephens Don
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Familie / Erziehung
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Psychologie
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Trennung / Trauer
• Schlagworte: bereavment • Comfort • Death • Family • Friendship • Grief • Mourning
• ISBN-10: 0-9976310-1-5 / 0997631015
• ISBN-13: 978-0-9976310-1-2 / 9780997631012