Grieving Dads: To the Brink and Back (Grieving Dads Series)

Grieving Dads: To the Brink and Back (Grieving Dads Series)
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Grieving Dads: To the Brink and Back is a collection of candid stories from grieving dads that were interviewed over a two year period. The book offers insight from fellow members of, in the haunting words of one dad, â€œthis terrible, terrible club,â€ which consists of men who have experienced the death of a child. This book is a collection of survival stories by men who have survived the worst possible loss and lived to tell the tale. They are real stories that pull no punches and are told with brutal honesty. Men that have shared their deepest and darkest moments. Moments that included thoughts of suicide, self-medication and homelessness. Some of these men have found their way back from the brink while others are still standing there, stuck in their pain. The core message of Grieving Dads is â€œyouâ€™re not alone.â€ It is a message that desperately needs to be delivered to grieving dads who often grieve in silence due to societyâ€™s expectations. Grieving Dads: To the Brink and Back is a book that no grieving dad or anyone who cares for him should be without. As any grieving parent will tell you, there are no words to describe the hell one experiences after the death of a child. Many men have no clue how to deal with or understand the myriad emotional, mental, and physical responses experienced after the death of a child. Stories appearing in the book have been carefully selected to represent a cross-section of fathers, as well as a diverse portrayal of loss. This approach helps reflect the full spectrum of grief, from the early days of shock and trauma to the long view after living with loss for many years. Any bereaved father will find brotherhood in these pages, and will feel that someone understands them. While there is plenty of raw emotion in this bookâ€”the stories are not exercises in self-pity nor are they studies in grief. They are survival stories instead. Some are testimonies to hope. Some are gut-wrenching accounts of overwhelming despair. But all of them are real-life stories from real-life grieving dads, and they show that even if one reaches his physical and emotional bottom, it is possible (although not easy) to live through that pain and find oneâ€™s way to the other side of grief. Most dads in this book found themselves in a state of physical, mental, and emotional collapse after the death of their child. As if the losses alone werenâ€™t enough to drive these men to the brink, most try to deal with their grief according to the conventional wisdom so many men are brought up with, which perversely, increases their suffering all the more. We all know the party line about how men are â€œsupposedâ€ to deal with loss or even disappointment: toughen up, get back to work, take it like a man, support your wife, donâ€™t talk about your emotions, donâ€™t lose control, and if you must cryâ€”by all means do so in private.
Country USA
Brand Grieving Dads LLC
Manufacturer Grieving Dads LLC
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber black & white illustrations
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780985205188
ReleaseDate 0000-00-00

Country	USA
Brand	Grieving Dads LLC
Manufacturer	Grieving Dads LLC
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	black & white illustrations
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780985205188
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

Grieving Dads: To the Brink and Back (Grieving Dads Series)

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