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Grief is a painful, individual emotional and physical response to a significant loss. But it can be managed.
Synopsis: Every first Wednesday of the month, The Straits Times helps you make sense of health matters that affect you.
Grief is a painful, individual emotional and physical response to a significant loss.
Death, divorce, the loss of a home or a job, fast declining health are among the major events that people grieve.
To learn more about coping with grief, ST senior health correspondent Joyce Teo speaks to Lin Jing, a counsellor from the Singapore Association for Mental Health.
SAMH is one of the few social service agencies focusing on mental health here that operates a general helpline for the public at 1800-283-7019
They also discuss what is grief counselling about.
If your grief feels like it's too much to bear, please reach out for help. We have included more helplines below.
Highlights (click/tap above):
9:00 When should you consider grief counselling?
12:45 When guilt is thrown into the picture
23:00 Understanding cognitive behaviourial therapy, grief counselling and grief therapy
29:10 Building a life around the loss of a child...
32:00 Appearing strong and unaffected by grief, when you are crumbling inside
Check out ST's new series, No health without mental health: https://str.sg/mentalhealthmatters
Read Joyce Teo's stories: https://str.sg/JbxN
Host: Joyce Teo ([email protected])
Produced and edited by: Amirul Karim
Executive producers: Ernest Luis and Lynda Hong
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