Last week, after a seminar I presented on healing from depression, a young woman asked if she could talk with me.
“My dad died in a car accident three years ago—a devastating tragedy for my mom and me,” she said. “I know grieving often takes a long time, and I understand that Mom will always miss my dad and mourn his loss. And so will I. But I’ve become very worried about her, because she seems completely unable to move on with her life. It’s like she’s been frozen in time ever since Dad died. She has almost no friends, she is withdrawn and isolated, and she refuses to celebrate any holidays. It seems like she has no life and no strength to take steps forward.”
