{"id":18505,"date":"2022-04-07T20:10:49","date_gmt":"2022-04-08T00:10:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/?p=18505"},"modified":"2022-04-11T16:06:41","modified_gmt":"2022-04-11T20:06:41","slug":"how-do-i-cope-with-the-knowledge-that-i-will-soon-lose-someone-close-to-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/2022\/04\/07\/how-do-i-cope-with-the-knowledge-that-i-will-soon-lose-someone-close-to-me\/","title":{"rendered":"How do I cope with the knowledge that I will soon lose someone close to me?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_7863.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"625\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_7863.jpg\" alt=\"How do I cope with the knowledge that I will soon lose someone close to me?\" class=\"wp-image-18500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_7863.jpg 625w, https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_7863-293x300.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>How do I cope with the knowledge that I will soon lose someone close to me?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;m so sorry. Give yourself space to feel however you feel. You will probably have all of the possible reactions at one time or another, even ones that feel wrong. That&#8217;s OK. Take the best care of yourself you can (physically, mentally), because you&#8217;re going through something huge also. Here&#8217;s a book recommendation that demystifies the process: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/bc-gone.\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/bit.ly\/bc-gone.<\/a> A grief counselor or therapist can be very helpful for some people. University Health Services can help. <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/BostonCollegeHealth\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/BostonCollegeHealth<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m so sorry. Give yourself space to feel however you feel. You will probably have all of the possible reactions at one time or another, even ones that feel wrong. That&#8217;s OK. Take the best care of yourself you can (physically, mentally), because you&#8217;re going through something huge also. Here&#8217;s a book recommendation that demystifies &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/2022\/04\/07\/how-do-i-cope-with-the-knowledge-that-i-will-soon-lose-someone-close-to-me\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;How do I cope with the knowledge that I will soon lose someone close to me?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18505","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18505","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18505"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18505\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18584,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18505\/revisions\/18584"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18505"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18505"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18505"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}