Part 6

PLANNING STEPS TO WORK WITH THE LOSS: LIN’S EXAMPLE

Lin was avoiding looking at photos of her Mum, thinking and talking about her Mum.

Lin thought about some steps to look at what she had been pushing away: looking at photos and talking about her Mum:

Step 1: Write down the thought, picture in your head, memory, or place to look at.
Looking at photos of Mum and talking to my family about Mum.
Step 2: Break down into small steps. Arrange from easy to hard(1-10).
1 Think about which photos of Mum I will look at.
2 Open folder with photos of Mum in it for 5 seconds.
3 Look at a group photo with Mum in it for a very short time (less than 1 minute).
4 Look at a group photo with Mum in it for longer (5 minutes).
5 Look at photo with just Mum in it for longer (5 minutes).
6 Put up photo of Mum in my bedroom.
7 Talk to Gran for a short time about Mum (5 minutes).
8 Talk to Dad for a short time about Mum (5 minutes).
9 Talk to Gran for a long time about Mum (30 minutes).
10 Talk to Dad for a long time about Mum (30 minutes).

Watch below to hear what Lin thought about it:

 

Lin’s Story Part 2

“I started to look at photos of mum again.”
— Lin
 
 

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