What Makes Traumatic/Sudden Death Different? It is difficult to imagine the magnitude of pain associated with the traumatic death of a loved one. When someone is killed suddenly and vio- lently, grief reactions of family and friends can be intense, complicated, and long lasting. If your loved one was killed in a substance impaired driving crash you may feel angrier than you have ever felt and sadder than you ever thought pos- sible. Included in this resource you will find some suggestions that may help. However, keep in mind that even though your situation may share similarities with someone else, every person’s grieving process is different.
Every person’s grieving process is different.
Feeling Out of Control After a crash your world is changed. Your thoughts and feelings may be changing from minute to minute or hour by hour, and you could feel very out of control. You may even feel like you are “going crazy.” Grieving the death of your loved one can feel so overwhelming that you
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