Mental Health - Widower Experience (WX)

A trauma is a deep emotional wound and injury caused by an event that is accompanied by loss of control or threat to life. Potential causes include accidents, mental, physical or sexual abuse, bereavement, or severe illness. Almost every person will face such traumatic experiences within their life. Laurell Kaye Hamilton, an American fantasy and romance writer once said: " There are wounds that never show on the body that are deeper and more hurtful than anything that bleeds. " Trauma does not necessarily lead to psychological damage or consequences. Often, traumatized individuals can overcome their experiences. But depending on the personality, the individual's ability to cope with problems, and the stress limit, trauma can also provoke serious mental disorders like persistent fears, depression, or post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). In a threatening situation, our body reacts with the emergency plan "fight, flight, or freeze". Along with the usual stress re...

Life often gets tough, but just remember:  You can handle anything. Calm mind brings inner strength and self-confidence, so that's very important for a good life. Suicidality is a taboo all over the world and thoughts of suicide are often seen as a taboo. This taboo can prevent people in challenging times and suicidal crises from confiding in others - perhaps out of shame or feelings of guilt about their own thoughts or out of fear of not being understood or of overwhelming those around them. I think being in an extreme situation, seeing oneself in an unanswerable or unresolvable condition and times … and thoughts of suicide are not something to be ashamed of. Ignoring or hiding thoughts of suicide usually only helps for a short time because the underlying problem is not solved. If someone has no one in their environment with whom they can talk about their thoughts, there are people they can confide in, e.g. family, doctors, psychotherapists and telephone counseling serv...