Coping with Pet Loss | What do do when your companion crosses the rainbow bridge

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AllCEUs Counseling CEUs

Social Sciences, Health & Fitness, Mental Health, Self-improvement, Science, Education

4.6 • 644 Ratings

🗓️ 26 January 2023

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Pets often add Structure Socialization Like humans, there are triggers all around that remind you of your pet Sights, sounds, smells Rituals You may second guess yourself or feel guilt if you had to make an end-of-life decision or if the death was particularly premature The loss of a child's pet may trigger a sense of guilt and helplessness as the child grieves The loss of a pet may trigger memories of prior losses and open old wounds This was the only secure relationship I ever had. Death of your parent's pet The loss of a pet may trigger reflection on your own mortality TIMESTAMPS 00:00 Introduction 00:38 Human Pet Bond 07:35 Impact of Pet Loss 15:50 Grief and Disenfranchised Grief 30:00 Coping Strategies Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:59.0	Hey there everybody and welcome to this video on coping with the loss of a pet. I'm your host Dr. Donnelly Snipe's. This is a video that has been on my
1:14.7	radar for quite a while, but as you all know, I have pets. I love my pets dearly, so this
1:20.9	is probably going to be one of the more challenging videos for me to do. However, in this video,
1:26.8	we're going to cover human-an animal bonds, the impact of pet loss,
1:30.3	grief and disenfranchised grief, and coping.
1:36.3	So let's start out with the human-animal bond. Some people will say, but it was just an animal. All right, well, that is how
1:46.7	they were raised. People and humans can form emotional bonds, and it's important to remember that
1:53.7	because animals very often provide what we call unconditional positive regard. They us for who we are it doesn't matter
2:03.6	if we're having a good hair day or a bad hair day it doesn't matter if we're rich or we're poor
2:08.5	it doesn't matter if we are taking them on walks and playing with them or we are snotting all
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