Mourning the loss of health

When a person falls seriously ill from one day to the next, they often feel alone, marginalized and misunderstood. They have to reorganize their lives and adapt their everyday life to the illness. There is often no time to come to terms with the grief and the loss of health.
Loss of health and thus of abilities and skills due to illness, disability or accident, no longer being able to do things as a matter of course that you used to do, requires - depending on the illness or disability - one or recurring grieving processes.
This new group is not just about living with an illness, but rather about coming to terms with the loss of health and sharing experiences. Regardless of the illness and the associated impairment, there is the problem of suddenly losing your health from one day to the next. And that is difficult. Adjusting to the new life situation with the illness works because you have no choice but to adapt your everyday life to it. Again and again, those affected come to the point of feeling alone with their grief at no longer being healthy.

In recent years, we have met people who have become ill overnight and have problems accepting it. You have to go through a grieving process so that life can ultimately get back on track. In discussions with these people, we have repeatedly found that there is currently no room for this topic in society.

Talking about it with friends and family members is unfavorable. Although there are encouraging words, there is a lack of like-minded people who feel the same way, who have the same feelings, who are understanding and who share their experiences. The sick person does not want pity, they want to have a space for their grief.

If you find yourself reading these lines and are interested in just such an exchange (free for all clinical pictures), please contact us.