Intimacy After a Death (Arabic)

Finding a “new normal” is the focus of this video. When your loved one dies, you will miss and grieve the person, the relationship, the connection and the intimacy. Can you find something to fulfill your need for intimacy and connection? Intimacy can include sexual intimacy but also emotional intimacy and connection with friends. When a loved one dies, one might ask “Who is going to “get me” now?” Connecting with other family members for dinners, hockey games or having grandchildren sleep over may make you feel like you still have a purpose and are loved. You can expect to feel lonely. Topics include: each first will be difficult, fulfilling a need for intimacy, people may not understand your grief, sharing your grief, finding a “new normal”, and starting to date again.