And it is true that our society tends to place a high value on self reliance. Encourage your friends, family and children to develop strong emotional skills by supporting the honest expression of feelings including grief, anger, sadness and fear. First of all, this means accepting and expressing your own feelings. If this is a skill you never learned, this necessities in finding people and places to learn how. Friends and families can often help but a support network add to our options.
Pains is divided and joy is multiplied when it is shared.
If you cannot change your life circumstances, then at the very least you decide how you want to handle your situation and what attitude you are going to take in addressing the issues at hand. It is important to remember that every individual copes with difficulties in different ways and that what works for one person or family member may not work as well as for another. What is effective at one point in life may not be as useful later on. If interested, please email us.