Episode #3 - The Journey of Grief after MAID with Lauren Clark by Bridge C-14 published on 2018-01-16T02:59:57Z Grief is a normal process when reacting to the loss of someone you love. On our third episodes of the podcast, we are joined by Social Worker Lauren Clark to discuss how grief associated with MAID can bring its own unique emotions. Join us for this personal and emotional exploration of sorrow, hope and the journey of grief after MAID. Genre Learning Comment by Samara Navi There is SO much in the podcasts where I can say "YES - that is what is agonizing for me" and this is finally a relief to hear...from ANYONE! I, at this point, die inside when people say "oh you must be so relieved she won't go through pain" and they say nothing else...as if assuming what my mom feels (which I will never know because I am not the one who is doing it) is what "I" feel. I have gone into a cave of silence. I will, once far along this road, write another book for people who are in my position. Not "feeling" the blessing, not "morally with the program" and the crashing of those dichotomies. And it will include the absolute love for my mom and the support for my mom for HER choice. No one knows or can say "they know what we feel." They don't...they just simply don't. 2018-11-04T12:59:59Z Comment by Samara Navi I worked in Psychiatry for 30 years, in Prison Psychiatry and in the ER as Counsellor and Institutional Chaplain. I said the words "anticipatory grief" and "grief and loss" many times a day to families. My mom was approved Oct 7, 2018. She has not set a date because "she is preparing her funeral and cleaning out files." I do not tell anyone but my kids and 2 friends. I feel completely irresponsible saying those words to anyone who is feeling loss. It infuriates me when anything I hear or read talks about "when we go down this path" and they have not been down it, in it, surrounded by it. Waiting waiting waiting! Any grief...any grief...is NOT THIS GRIEF! and counsellors of family members in any stage of MAID have to be very responsible to never say "we" or when "we go down this path." They are not going down it...they are witness to it ONLY! There is nothing out there for people whose moral beliefs conflict with MAID, yet support their loved one COMPLETELY. 2018-11-04T12:54:09Z
