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    He said to me: “I Tried to Put it Behind Me” I Thought: “Can People Really Do That?”
    • Sep 20, 2021
    • 5 min

    He said to me: “I Tried to Put it Behind Me” I Thought: “Can People Really Do That?”

    Bob Baugher, Ph.D. A man wrote me a while back telling me the story you are about to read. He gave me permission to share it if I omit...
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    What Do Ego Defense Mechanisms Have to Do with Grief?
    • Sep 20, 2021
    • 4 min

    What Do Ego Defense Mechanisms Have to Do with Grief?

    What are Ego Defense Mechanisms anyway? If you took a Psychology class, you studied them. They were first introduced by Freud more than...
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    Everything Happens for a Reason—Doesn’t It?
    • Jul 21, 2020
    • 7 min

    Everything Happens for a Reason—Doesn’t It?

    Everything happens for a reason. We hear it all the time. I have been hearing it for years from my Psychology students.
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    Your Secret Grief
    • Jul 21, 2020
    • 6 min

    Your Secret Grief

    So, this title caught your eye? Perhaps you saw it earlier but wanted to read it in secret.
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    Your Brain—It’s Doing the Best It Can
    • Jul 21, 2020
    • 5 min

    Your Brain—It’s Doing the Best It Can

    As you read this article, your brain is trying to make sense of what these words are saying to you. Your brain is seeking meaning.
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    What Does It Mean to Fear Dying and Death?
    • Jul 21, 2020
    • 5 min

    What Does It Mean to Fear Dying and Death?

    You hear it all the time: We humans fear dying and death. “I’m afraid.” “Death scares me.”
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    What Does it Mean to “Deal with it”?
    • Jul 21, 2020
    • 6 min

    What Does it Mean to “Deal with it”?

    We hear it all the time, “She’s not dealing with her father’s death.” “I’m trying to deal with this loss.” “They’ll be dealing with this tra
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    Trying to Make Sense of a Tragedy by Using the Just World Hypothesis
    • Jul 21, 2020
    • 3 min

    Trying to Make Sense of a Tragedy by Using the Just World Hypothesis

    When a disturbing, senseless event takes place, our brain demands to know why. In our attempt to answer the question we have a choice
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    Six Tricks Your Brain Plays on You During Grief
    • Jul 21, 2020
    • 3 min

    Six Tricks Your Brain Plays on You During Grief

    Why would your brain trick you, especially at a time when you need it most? Because it’s not perfect.
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    A Pill for Your Grief: A Drug to Ease Bad Memories: Would You Take It?
    • Jul 21, 2020
    • 4 min

    A Pill for Your Grief: A Drug to Ease Bad Memories: Would You Take It?

    It’s here. Not quite available to us all, but someday it will be and you will be faced with the decision: to take it and reduce the effect o
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    Pain: How Much Can You Take?
    • Jul 21, 2020
    • 6 min

    Pain: How Much Can You Take?

    As a college instructor I teach my students that one way to understand behavior is to think about our brain as having two major functions..
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    How Our Brain Tries to Manage the Pain of Grief
    • Jul 21, 2020
    • 2 min

    How Our Brain Tries to Manage the Pain of Grief

    It’s a fact of which you are quite aware: Your brain does not like pain and discomfort. When pain comes into our lives, our brain immedia...
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    Grief’s Strange Thoughts
    • Jul 21, 2020
    • 6 min

    Grief’s Strange Thoughts

    Since your loved one died, your brain has had thousands of thoughts about this person and about your reaction to their death
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    Empathy and Brain Pain Relief
    • Jul 21, 2020
    • 4 min

    Empathy and Brain Pain Relief

    Many people react almost instinctively to reduce their own pain caused by the empathy they feel as they listen to the story of the tragic...
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    The Unexplained Death of a Child: Our Brain is Doing the Best It Can
    • Jul 15, 2020
    • 5 min

    The Unexplained Death of a Child: Our Brain is Doing the Best It Can

    within seconds of learning of their child’s death, the parents’ brain has requested—no demanded--- to begin to know why? Why? WHY?
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