Young Person's Questions

How long should you be friends until you share this news? How do you bring it into a conversation? These are all worries you may have, and they are normal worries.  Starting a new school or job [...]

Often we keep ourselves distracted from our thoughts and feelings, and we use this as a coping strategy during the day, however when you lay your head down on the pillow you can no longer escape [...]

When you grieve your brain is overwhelmed by so many different thoughts, feelings and emotions there is little room left for anything else. Grief takes a lot of energy. As a teenager your brain [...]

If your parents are usually the strong guiding force in your lives to see them grieving, out of their depth and in pain can be really hard.  You may feel powerless to help them and feel like [...]

It is important to communicate clearly with someone who ‘has your back’, cares for you and can let others know how you are feeling, particularly if you don’t want to. It is [...]

Sometimes people don’t know what to say or do when someone close to them has a bereavement. They want to look after them and make sure they are ok. But the way they do this may not work for you, [...]

You may be worried about telling your friends, concerned about how to tell them, how they might react to your news or that they might treat you differently. Friends—even good friends— often don’t [...]

It can sometimes be hard to remember the “details” of a loved one that we no longer see. And it is normal to do that, after all we only have so much room in our heads! Photos, videos and memory [...]

Remember that you are human, you have a life, and you are allowed to be happy in life. This does not mean you have forgotten them, you do not always have to be sad, you can be happy and remember [...]