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Topic Tuesday // Grief and Loss // Tues 3rd August, 7:00-8:30PM AEST

Topic Tuesday // Grief and Loss // Tues 3rd August, 7:00-8:30PM AEST

Hi SANE Community,

This fortnight we welcome Griefline as our special guests for a Topic Tuesday on Grief and Loss. Griefline support Australians experiencing grief, offering support through their helpline and online community.

Grief and Loss:

Grief is a natural response to the loss of something or someone important to us. At some point in our lives, every person will experience grief and loss in some way.

While we all experience loss and grief, the emotional and physical pain when we lose something or someone we love will be felt differently from person to person, and often from loss to loss.

This Topic Tuesday will hold space for us to discuss the grief and loss we have felt in our lives, how we have coped and what we can do to support a loved one who might be experiencing grief.

Please join us here on Tuesday the 3rd of August 2021 from 7:00pm-8:30pm AEST to follow this conversation.

Want to receive a reminder on the night? Hit the 'Support' button below.

New to the forums or want to get involved in this discussion? Check out the How To Guide for Topic Tuesdays.

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This topic is an important one for those who have experienced, might be experiencing or could experience loss. While each of us have different experiences of grief and loss, we want to make sure that this space is an open and respectful space to hold all of our experiences. Before joining this discussion, we would encourage you to familiarise yourself with the community guidelines so we can make this space as supportive as possible.

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In response to: Topic Tuesday // Grief and Loss // Tues 3rd August, 7:00-8:30PM AEST

Re: Topic Tuesday // Grief and Loss // Tues 3rd August, 7:00-8:30PM AEST

Thank you so much for being here with us tonight @amandaGL! We are so grateful you could join us to talk about grief and loss, which is a big topic in our community.

To get us started, we would love to learn more about Griefline and the work that you do.

Question 1: What is Griefline and how do the Griefline forums support people experiencing grief?

And for our community, have you experienced grief or loss before? And if so, where are you at in your healing journey?

In response to: Re: Topic Tuesday // Grief and Loss // Tues 3rd August, 7:00-8:30PM AEST

Re: Topic Tuesday // Grief and Loss // Tues 3rd August, 7:00-8:30PM AEST

Question 1: What is Griefline and how do the Griefline forums support people experiencing grief?

Griefline is a national not for profit offering free anonymous telephone counselling to adults experiencing grief and loss. Our Helpline is available across Australia and runs from 6am to midnight (AET) every day of the year. Our online resource hub provides informative articles, coping strategies and self-care tools.

My main focus is the Griefline forums, launched late last year as a space for peer-to-peer support. Like the SANE forums, it unites people with a lived experience. Posting on the forums ticks a few grief-work boxes too;

  • expressing your story in writing crystallises the grief experience, leading to a deeper understanding
  • providing support to others is empowering
  • reading about shared experiences normalises what you’re going through - making you feel less isolated.

In response to: Topic Tuesday // Grief and Loss // Tues 3rd August, 7:00-8:30PM AEST

Re: Topic Tuesday // Grief and Loss // Tues 3rd August, 7:00-8:30PM AEST

That's amazing @Owlunar!

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Re: Topic Tuesday // Grief and Loss // Tues 3rd August, 7:00-8:30PM AEST

Thanks @Daisydreamer , @amandaGL

Looking forward to tonight talk

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Re: Topic Tuesday // Grief and Loss // Tues 3rd August, 7:00-8:30PM AEST

I really like doing it - back then we had calls transferred to our home phone - I am wondering if TCs are still doing that or whether they are in a facilty as they are at Life LIne

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Re: Topic Tuesday // Grief and Loss // Tues 3rd August, 7:00-8:30PM AEST

@Daisydreamer Still very much feeling my recent loss and with a one year anniversary of another coming up - still working through it.

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Re: Topic Tuesday // Grief and Loss // Tues 3rd August, 7:00-8:30PM AEST

@Owlunar these days our Volunteers work remotely as we have TC's in every state of Australia now that we are a national Helpline.

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Re: Topic Tuesday // Grief and Loss // Tues 3rd August, 7:00-8:30PM AEST

A year ago, I lost 2 close family members and a close friend within a 9 month period. It was incredibly difficult and healing is definitely a long process but I'm getting there slowly but surely.

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Re: Topic Tuesday // Grief and Loss // Tues 3rd August, 7:00-8:30PM AEST

A year isn't very long at all @Zoe7 when it comes to a loss - it has taken me decades - I have only really become " used to it" during the last 10 years or so but still have my moments

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Re: Topic Tuesday // Grief and Loss // Tues 3rd August, 7:00-8:30PM AEST

@amandaGL @Daisydreamer , wondering if we have support for living grief , @Smc and myself

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