Open Door Psychotherapy, Ponce
Run by people who have been through miscarriage and pregnancy loss and losing a pet themselves.
Weekdays and Saturday mornings
For the grief of losing an animal who was family. Talk with people in Puerto Rico who know what it is like, find help near you, and join the worldwide circle too. Free, always.
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Run by people who have been through miscarriage and pregnancy loss and losing a pet themselves.
Weekdays and Saturday mornings
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Run by people who have been through loss of a spouse or partner and miscarriage and pregnancy loss themselves.
Tue to Sat, 10 to 6
Free emotional support from trained listeners, online and anonymous, in many languages.
24/7
Grief recovery support groups meeting weekly.
โI don't have advice. I just know the first week is strange and quiet and people say the wrong thing. For me it helped to leave her lead where it was for a while. Then one day I took it down and put it in a drawer. That was all I could do that day. If you're still stepping around the basket, that's alright. You don't have to move it yet. I still miss her. That hasn't changed but it's softer now.โ
โAbout three years ago, that was me. Back then it was her lead still on the hook. I wake up most days without that dread. It's slow, but it does come back. Keep going, even slowly.โ
โPlease be gentle with yourself and I wasn't, and it made everything harder and I talk to them out loud sometimes and it helps more than it should. And talk to someone, even if it's just in here.โ
โIf you're scared right now, I get it. Not that long ago, about a year, that was me. Put our dog to sleep after 14 years. That was my life. I can talk about it now without falling apart. It comes back slowly, like feeling in your fingers after the cold. You've got this, even if it doesn't feel like it.โ