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Le deuil durant les fêtes

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La période des fêtes peut être difficile pour ceux et celles qui vivent un deuil. Qu’il s’agisse d’une perte récente ou survenue il y a quelques années, les sentiments de chagrin et de vide peuvent être exacerbés et devenir accablants pendant la période des fêtes.

Après le décès d’un être cher, il n’y a pas de bonne ou de mauvaise manière de célébrer (ou de ne pas célébrer) les fêtes, même après de nombreuses années.

Comment aider une personne en deuil durant les fêtes

Si un membre de la famille ou un ami proche vit un deuil, la meilleure façon de le soutenir pendant les fêtes est de :

Six activités joyeuses qui peuvent devenir des fardeaux

Ci-dessous est une infographie répertoriant 6 activités ou traditions du temps des fêtes que les endeuillés pourraient trouver accablantes. L'infographie vise à sensibiliser le sujet du deuil durant les fêtes, ainsi qu'à être partagée pour aider les endeuillés à exprimer ce qu'ils ressentent.

Le deuil durant les fêtes

J'ai récemment publié cette infographie sur les réseaux sociaux et dans quelques groupes. Elle a suscité beaucoup d’attention et de commentaires.

J'ai pensé partager quelques commentaires ici pour apporter une sensibilisation. De cette façon, on peut tous avoir une meilleure idée de ce que pourraient ressentir les endeuillés durant les fêtes, puisque ce n’est pas un sujet dont beaucoup de gens parlent. (Aucune nom est publié pour garder la confidentialité de tous).

” In red and even very dark red. It has been 9 months of ordeal without the love of my life, my beloved daughter, my soul mate. Christmas is Santa Claus and he’s the joy of the holiday, but for me it’s more the Devil who changed my life to be hell on earth. “

” Red for me. Since my husband died 3 years ago, nothing has mattered. All the decorations are put away, I distributed some to my grandchildren. I can’t wait for all this turmoil to end. 😢”

“I lost my brother over a year ago, and I do a little bit of both to be honest. Decorating feels exhausting but I still want to make it special for my kids. I set boundaries for how much socializing I’m going to commit to as that feels like a lot some days.”

“Completely in the red. I lost my mom 6 years ago and my son 2 years ago”

” I am in the green despite everything. I have other children and for them, Christmas must remain magical. I show them that they have to fight in life because tragically death is part of it. But my pain has remained the same 5 years since my daughter died during the Christmas holidays…”

” I lost my daughter at the end of December, 2 years ago. I am done with all that and I’ve separated myself from all the decorations. I won’t be able to redo the holidays.”

“Completely in the red, nothing interests me anymore. The holidays mean nothing without my daughter.”

“In the red for 3 years after I lost my son…. Will never be the same, can’t wait for the holidays to be over.”

“I remain in green in memory of my husband who died during the holidays 2 years ago. He loved Christmas and every year I will make his tree for him because it had stars and now he is my most beautiful star of love beyond infinity.”

“I’m in the red. The only green thing is that I want to give gifts to those I love. Otherwise, I’m done with the decorations, the trees, the desire to have a party.”

For me, my head is in “red”, but I do things in green for my children. My daughter died on December 31 in an accident. We will forever be marked by this day when the police showed up at our house. On New Year’s Day, it is impossible for us to celebrate. We go out, we go elsewhere to try to help us, to spend this traumatic day for life 💔”

“The only thing in the green is the parties (especially job) since my son would not have been present at these activities. With job parties, I am less sad than family parties… when his cousins ​​are going to be there, as he should be with everyone”.

“Still in the red for me, even after 8 years (lost my daughter)”.

“I want to celebrate with those that I love as often as possible because you don’t know what the future holds. I lost one child and feel responsible for the others happiness.”

I tried to incorporate the comments that provided the most context. I included all of the “green” comments that I saw, which were very few. The majority of the comments were “red”, many of which I did not include in this post.

In total, I counted 3 full “greens”, 7 “half green/half red”, and 40 full “reds”. Many of the “reds” were “completely in the red”, or “still in the red after several years after the loss”, which shows that losing someone very close can affect a person’s holidays for many years to come.


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