Mental Health Tings:

Documenting Experiences

with Mental Illness

& Neuro-Divergence

What Losing Someone Taught Me About Grief Etiquette
Kiana Blake-Chung Kiana Blake-Chung

What Losing Someone Taught Me About Grief Etiquette

When someone experiences a loss, they immediately become very sensitive. That is why the first few words must be communicated with caution and fore-thought. The goal is not to find the perfect words. Grief is deeply personal, and what comforts one person may not comfort another. Before speaking, first consider how you would feel if the loss were your own. Approaching from a place of empathy makes a huge impact.

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Living in the Aftermath of Suicide
Kiana Blake-Chung Kiana Blake-Chung

Living in the Aftermath of Suicide

Losing someone you love to suicide changes you, and you look back at every conversation you’ve had with that person and see everything as a sign and wonder how you could have missed them.

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6 Methods to Help Navigate Grief
Kiana Blake-Chung Kiana Blake-Chung

6 Methods to Help Navigate Grief

Grief is a powerful and complex emotion that can affect our mental health in many ways. It is a normal response to loss, but the process of coping with grief is different for everyone. Today we will explore the ways in which grief affects our mental health

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Feeling Grief
Kiana Blake-Chung Kiana Blake-Chung

Feeling Grief

The words “RESISTANCE of the heart against business as usual” instantly spoke to me of grief. Grief will stop you in your tracks as the world keeps moving around you because it is your heart resisting going about business as usual. The unfairness of it will strike you: my world has been irreversibly altered and nobody else even noticed!

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