The SGN Blog

To commemorate her new book, Rachel Wilson shares some thoughts on grieving as a young adult. It’s a period in our lives that is ‘meant’ to be full of opportunity and exploration, but can be incredibly isolating and overwhelming when you’re facing loss.

Last week I was contacted by the BBC to speak about student bereavement. Yes, this is in response to the loss of two students in Nottingham, but it is also about the thousands of students experiencing grief every day.

A creative piece based on the experience of losing my uncle, Tom, and the days that followed his death as I helped care for my grandparents.

The Student Grief Network is all about hope, really, but I think it’s also important to acknowledge those times when hope it the last thing we want to hear about. When we want the utter devastation of a situation to be allowed.

Social media and online communities can play an important role connecting people who are grieving and shedding light on a whole range of experiences. But digital platforms can also lead to misinformation, unhealthy distraction, and increased levels of loneliness. How do we balance these pros and cons?

Grief is not just a matter of missing a person. It can complicate our relationship with ourselves and the ways we function on a day-to-day basis. Josephine shares some of the ways that her losses impact the way she thinks and feels – from her memory to her self esteem.

A recent article in The Times shows us how university welfare systems are failing bereaved students, and why we need more well-informed, compassionate and hands on support.

Fole recently founded Good Grief, a community to connect anyone who has been affected by cancer. Here she shares some of the ways she has personally been impacted, from losing her Grandma and then her Mum, to finding out the chances of developing cancer herself are significantly higher than average.

I’m not sure I believe in ‘letting go’ of grief, or what that would even entail, but I wanted to reflect on the idea of carrying someone with us as we reconnect to the good in our life. This is a short creative piece based on a dream I had years ago.