ServiceLow cost🇪🇹
Bahir Home Help
We help people with losing a pet and loss of a friend, in person in Bahir Dar and online. Sessions are relaxed and you set the pace.
Evenings and weekends
Anticipatory grief support in Ethiopia
For grieving someone who is still here. Talk with people in Ethiopia who know what it is like, find help near you, and join the worldwide circle too. Free, always.
Next gathering in the Ethiopia circle: Weekly check-in ·
If you need someone right now
Help for anticipatory grief in Ethiopia
Professional🇪🇹
Mekelle Grief Counselling
We help people with losing a pet and loss of a spouse or partner, in person in Mekelle and online. Sessions are relaxed and you set the pace.
Evenings and weekends
ProfessionalLow cost🇪🇹
Northside Debt Advice, Addis
We help people with loss of a parent and loss of a child, in person in Addis Ababa and online. Sessions are relaxed and you set the pace.
Weekdays and Saturday mornings
ServiceFreeWorldwide
7 Cups
Free emotional support from trained listeners, online and anonymous, in many languages.
24/7
Peer groupFreeWorldwide
GriefShare
Grief recovery support groups meeting weekly.
From people who came through it
“If you're just starting this, I want to say it's a strange kind of loss. You're grieving someone who is still here. That's allowed. Some days you'll be fine and then a song or a smell will hit you and you'll be back in the car crying. It's not linear. And if you have a sibling who doesn't help, try not to let it eat you up. You can't make them care. Just focus on the time you have. You won't regret being there.”
soft.pine · been through anticipatory grief“If you're scared right now, I get it. I was right where you are about three years ago. I remember planning a funeral while he watches telly like it was yesterday. Yesterday I booked a holiday. It doesn't stay this heavy. You've got this, even if it doesn't feel like it.”
Jadez N · been through anticipatory grief“The first time you forget she was ever different, that's the worst. I won't lie. It doesn't get easier. But you learn to live in the gaps. The crossword still helps. Coffee. The train. Small things. Don't expect anyone to understand. They won't. But you'll find your people. The ones who nod without saying anything. Hold onto them. And hold onto the good days. They come. Even now.”
Student nurse in Guwahati 7 · been through anticipatory grief“When my dad went into palliative care, I thought I had to be strong. I didn't. The waiting is the worst part. You don't have to fill every silence. Just be there. If you need to cry, cry in the car. If you need to laugh at something stupid on TV, laugh. It's not betrayal. Your person is still here. That's what matters. Don't plan too far ahead. Just get through today, then tomorrow. That sounds like something off a fridge magnet but it's the only thing that works. And find someone to talk to, even if it's just online. You're not the only one going through this.”
marisol.paper · been through anticipatory grief