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Post-Traumatic Growth: With Support, Some Traumas Can Help Us Grow

By Starre Vartan — 2020

Talking with a therapist or joining a support group seems to play a key role in whether people can use a traumatic experience to improve their lives, said psychologist Eranda Jayawickreme at Wake Forest University.

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An Introduction to the Death-Positive Movement

In most modern cultures, it’s common for people to feel uneasy about death. We express this discomfort by avoiding conversations on the topic and lowering our voices when speaking of the dead and dying.

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2022
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A Heartfelt Appeal for a Graceful Exit

Studies of dying patients who seek a hastened death have shown that their reasons often go beyond physical ones like intractable pain or emotional ones like feeling hopeless.

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Jane E. Brody
2008
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Terminal Options for the Irreversibly Ill

My Feb. 5 column, “A Heartfelt Appeal for a Graceful Exit,” prompted a deluge of information and requests for information on how people too sick to reap meaningful pleasure from life might be able to control their death.

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Jane E. Brody
2008
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Alternatives for the Final Disposition

Though I wince at the redundancy, funeral “pre-planning” is a phenomenon receiving increased attention, and a growing number of Web-based guides tell how to go about it. As www.funerals.org puts it: “Funeral planning starts at home.

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Jane E. Brody
2008
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Connecting through Compassion

For three decades Charles Garfield has trained volunteers to care compassionately for strangers. He shares what he’s learned about the extraordinary deeds of ordinary people.

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Charles Garfield
2004
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Seven Keys to a Good Death

Is a “good death” just an oxymoron? Or can the experience of death be far more positive—an opportunity for growth and meaning?

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Charles Garfield
2015
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Posttraumatic Growth Proves You Can Be Stronger After Trauma

As a society, we think about mental health in binary terms. Either someone is OK or they are not.

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Ken Falke, Josh Goldberg
2019
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How veterans’ struggles can lead to post-traumatic growth

In the wake of repeated deployments, visible and invisible injuries, and repeated disconnection, our service members and their families are struggling ― struggling to be well, to connect, to feel, to adjust and to stay together.

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Bret A. Moore, Ken Falke
2018
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How to Give a Eulogy that Truly Celebrates the Person you’re Honoring

Death is a part of life, and so are the funerals and memorial services held to mark an individual’s passing. But when we’re called upon to speak at these occasions, many of us are at a loss for words.

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BJ Miller, Shoshana Berger
2019
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How to Bring More Meaning to Dying

Palliative care specialist BJ Miller and Shoshana Berger explain how to bring more meaning and less suffering to the end of life.

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BJ Miller, Shoshana Berger
2019
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