EMOTIONAL & MENTAL HEALTH FOR WIDOWS
After a traumatic loss, such as the loss of a spouse, many people report feeling disorganized, overwhelmed, forgetful, helpless, and experiencing slower mental processing. You may be familiar with the terms “grief fog” or “widow fog,” and how your mental health and cognitive function can be impacted in grief.
This can be one of the most frustrating parts of grief, and an area of grief which can be slow to recover. There is suddenly so much more on your plate, and 24 hours seems like not enough time in the day to get everything done.
While you may not be prepared or capable of “planning” in the recently popular sense, using fancy expensive planners, special paper, and stickers, there are many simple tools you can use to help you cope.
Post-it notes: This is a simple, inexpensive tool that can help you remember small things. A password, grocery item, task, or reminder can fit on the smallest post-it note and be placed on your desk at work, bathroom mirr…
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