{"id":1643,"date":"2025-10-06T12:45:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-06T11:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bereavement.co.uk\/Media-Centre\/?p=1643"},"modified":"2025-10-06T20:12:42","modified_gmt":"2025-10-06T19:12:42","slug":"1643","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bereavement.co.uk\/Media-Centre\/?p=1643","title":{"rendered":"For those impacted by traumatic events or bereavement."},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><\/h1>\n<h1><strong>The first Few Days&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h1>\n<h3><strong><em>\u201cIt almost felt like I\u2019d have to remind myself to breathe\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Things can be so overwhelming&nbsp;after a traumatic incident or death, that not only might we find&nbsp;it&nbsp;hard to think about what we should do next, we might forget to do simple everyday things<\/p>\n<p>Remember that even though it doesn\u2019t seem like it, what you are feeling is very normal.You&nbsp;&nbsp;are not strange or going mad, it really is usual &nbsp;to feel the way you do.<\/p>\n<p>It can feel like talking about what has happened,has not helped at all at the time, but it really is better to talk about it than to&nbsp;keep it bottled up.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s just a few ideas of how to manage the some of the experience of bereavement.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Talk to family , friends , your GP.(Your GP may also be able to access good counselling support.)<\/li>\n<li>Know that the telling of the story, talking about your feelings&nbsp;is a way of processing and&nbsp;will aid your manageability long term.<\/li>\n<li>Take time to think about you.<\/li>\n<li>Don\u2019t rush into any decisions.<\/li>\n<li>Do things a little at a time.<\/li>\n<li>Don\u2019t try to do too much<\/li>\n<li>Stop worrying about others , at this time you need to think about yourself and your needs<\/li>\n<li>Rest when you feel able.<\/li>\n<li>If you can\u2019t eat don\u2019t worry but do keep your fluid intake, Sweet drinks will help maintain sugar levels&nbsp; avoid excessive drinking ( alcohol). Try to eat small amounts often<\/li>\n<li>Stomach disorder , physical pains , lack of sleep&nbsp; are all usual \/normal at this time<\/li>\n<li>Accept offers of help from family , friends , neighbours<\/li>\n<li>Say no , don\u2019t feel pressurised to do things that don\u2019t feel do able,plan any trips that you do have to make and take time to think about self care<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<p>There are lots of agencies that offer support if you would like support or would like to share your ideas with us please contact us at <a href=\"mailto:alexjames@bereavement.co.uk\">alexjames@bereavement.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The first Few Days&nbsp; \u201cIt almost felt like I\u2019d have to remind myself to breathe\u201d Things can be so overwhelming&nbsp;after a traumatic incident or death, that not only might we find&nbsp;it&nbsp;hard to think about what we should do next, we might forget to do simple everyday things Remember that even though it doesn\u2019t seem like [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bereavement.co.uk\/Media-Centre\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1643"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bereavement.co.uk\/Media-Centre\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bereavement.co.uk\/Media-Centre\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bereavement.co.uk\/Media-Centre\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bereavement.co.uk\/Media-Centre\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1643"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.bereavement.co.uk\/Media-Centre\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1643\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1976,"href":"https:\/\/www.bereavement.co.uk\/Media-Centre\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1643\/revisions\/1976"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bereavement.co.uk\/Media-Centre\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1643"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bereavement.co.uk\/Media-Centre\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1643"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bereavement.co.uk\/Media-Centre\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1643"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}