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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- Sep 19, 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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- 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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- 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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- 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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- 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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- 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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- 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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- 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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- 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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- 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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- 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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- 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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- 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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- 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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