Mental Health - Widower Experience (WX)

"Woche für die mentale Gesundheit von Müttern 2025" oder "Aktionswoche zur psychischen Gesundheit von Müttern 2025" gibt es in Deutschland noch nicht - meiner Recherche nach. In Deutschland wird zwar eine Woche der psychischen Gesundheit gefeiert, jedoch keine spezifische Woche für die mentale Gesundheit von Müttern.  Maternal Mental Health Awareness Week 2025: Die Stimme der Mütter stärken Die Maternal Mental Health Awareness Week 2025 steht, ansonsten, ausserhalb Deutschland, unter dem Motto „Your Voice, Your Strength“ („Deine Stimme, Deine Stärke“). Es ist ein Aufruf an Mütter, ihre Geschichten zu erzählen, ihre Gefühle zu teilen und ihre psychische Gesundheit in den Fokus zu rücken. Denn noch immer kämpfen viele werdende und frischgebackene Mütter im Stillen mit Angststörungen oder Depressionen. Doch dieses Schweigen zu durchbrechen, kann nicht nur das Leben der Mütter verändern – es hat auch Auswirkungen auf die Gesellschaft, die Gemeinschaft und die kommenden ...

Telling family, relatives and friends that one would like to die is not easy. And it is one of the most challenging, saddest and therefore most stressful tasks that you can imagine - but writing a letter to your partner, family and friends is helpful for really everyone - as it is the path to awareness and self-awareness. When it comes to dying - everyone wishes it would never happened to them.  My wife 'wrote' such an letter and explained why she want to die, want to die with dignity. As she was not anymore able to type it on her own - she did it together with her best girl friend - and they met exactly ten times to note it down - then her girl friend copied the letter out fair. The final version was 4 pages long. The first person (beside of myself) who read it was her mother. And really everyone was happy to hear, to read my wife's own words, her thoughts why she loved to live and what she loved - and to understand why her life is no life anymore - just existing - loosing...

Today I like to share with you one of my favorite songs.  The song was written by Rutherford and Robertson after both of their fathers had recently died, but the lyrics were written by Robertson, and centered on the unresolved issues between him and his father. It's all about the lack of communication between him and his father before his father died. I mentioned and repeat my advice and recommendation talking to your beloved ones to your family and friends - telling them always one more often that you love them, how important they are for you. Something I realized and realize more and more - more and more intensive - that you might and can kiss your beloved ones, your family and friends goodbye and put miles between you, but at the same time you carry them with you in your heart, your mind, your stomach, ... with every fiber of my being - because you do not just live in a world but a world lives in you. No matter how many miles or 'dimensions' separate us, we will alwa...