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Ilsa

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28. I am so sorry. Perhaps the therapist can also recommend

Reply to LuckyCharms (Original post)

Fri Jul 17, 2026, 08:03 PM

9 hrs ago

a therapy, like EMDR for example, to help treat your brain as well as your psyche. With as much loss as you've had, I don't find it at all unreasonable that you need extra help. Ask for referrals, therapists who work with clients with more life experience. I wish you the best of luck, LC. I'll keep you in my thoughts and meditations.

PS: I lost my 14 year old dog 6 weeks ago. I still feel him near me. He was family.

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