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Sometimes when a stranger commits suicide and you accidentally see it, you can be haunted with an image of the death act and what the person looked like as they did it—it can create a lasting emotional effect on you (it can effect your self esteem and self worth) and it can create physical symptoms […]
Posted at: March 8th, 2009 - 8:02 am - Number of Comments » 0
My apologies if the graphic material in this Blog post offends, but many people have shared what they thought were strange reactions…and they wanted to know if they were “normal” or if they were “losing it”. First off, there is nothing weird about the way people grieve—there is nothing shameful about what survivors of suicide […]
Posted at: March 7th, 2009 - 7:39 am - Number of Comments » 0
Due to an overwhelming response on the topic of sleep paralysis, I’ll be posting more of your true-life experiences. Here’s one: “One morning I awoke with a feeling that I wasn’t alone and then a feeling of sheer terror came over me. I was lying on my stomach and my entire body began to sink […]
Posted at: March 6th, 2009 - 7:19 am - Number of Comments » 0
Although I didn’t know it at the time, Cindy’s case (already on the “best of” or “most infamous murder cases of our time” CD by UM, under the category of Bizarre Murders) was recently re-aired on TV by Unsolved Mysteries. (When my stats showed a sharp increase in hits, visits, returns and bookmarkings to my […]
Posted at: March 5th, 2009 - 7:08 am - Number of Comments » 1
Last year when my family was looking for a home for one of our two six-month-old kittens, lots of people showed interest in adoption. We decided to go with a single parent family having three children whose beloved cat had died. Within that family was a little girl named Angela. She and her family had […]
Posted at: March 4th, 2009 - 7:35 am - Number of Comments » 0
Do pets grieve? Well if we base our opinion on their behavior, yes, they can grieve. If you recently experienced the death of a pet like I have, and have a surviving companion pet that has: Stopped eating or is eating less, Become aloof, Become lethargic, Become clingy and more affectionate, Lost interest in her/his […]
Posted at: March 3rd, 2009 - 7:22 am - Number of Comments » 0
Just this side of heaven is a place called Rainbow Bridge. When an animal dies that has been especially close to someone here, that pet goes to Rainbow Bridge. There are meadows and hills for all of our special friends so they can run and play together. There is plenty of food, water and sunshine, […]
Posted at: March 2nd, 2009 - 7:10 am - Number of Comments » 0