And Death shall have no dominion

[ailbhe]

We really need help, hints or advice on helping Linnea come to terms with Death. It's not her death or my death or anyone in particular's death that's bothering her - it's Death itself. She wants all the dead people to come back to life, so that she can meet them, and for no-one ever to die ever again.

And she has been very upset about it three days running, now.

I'm getting worried.

Comments

[serene]

I think that if you don't feel like it's a situation that a therapist could/should help with, then it's just something you can continue to show empathy for, while letting her know that some things in life are things we can't fix. Death is, of course, the big one. "Yes, sweetie, I know it's upsetting, and I wish I could fix it so you would feel better, but this is one of those things in life that I cannot fix."

[ailbhe]

I think it may *become* a situation a therapist might help with; multiple sobbing sessions are *not* normal for this child! But since death *is* normal, I'm reluctant to assume that that's the best route to take.

A year ago she seemed to have it all sorted out in her head. And now...