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http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/bode-miller-breaks-down-over-brothers-death-in-olympics-interview-defends-reporter-against-backlash-2014172#comment-1248752693  I think we are still living in the Dark Ages when it comes to real men, i.e., Bode Miller, expressing their emotions in public, as was the case of Bode Miller, when he was being interviewed after his medal win. This story here uses the terms "Breaks down over Brother's death." While I did not see the whole interview, I suspect the same reporter may have asked him, "How are you holding up?" It just tells me, this reporter and maybe the larger society, can't handle it when a man shows anything but anger in public. There is nothing wrong with a man expressing emotion, feelings of grief and loss, after the death of a loved one. I don't think the interviewer went too far in asking the question. I object to the terminology used in the article. Men need to be able to g...

GRIEVING LIKE A MAN – SHE CRIES, HE SIGHS by Tim Heller, MSW/LCSW Everyday we lose children, wives, parents, extended family and significant others to death. Grief is the price we pay for loving others. Grief cannot be avoided. All people need to go through the grief /mourning process after the death of a loved one. If you try to run from grief, it will eventually find you. Avoidance of grief can result in the mourner turning to alcohol or drugs, over eating or possibly developing physical problems of their own. Men as well as women must face the death of the loved one so they can work through the feelings of loss and grief. Men and women share a number of similarities in the way they process their grief. Before anyone can become reconciled with the death of a family member or a friend, it is necessary to “go into” the grief and experience the feelings of loss. Research from recent years suggests men grieve differently than women. What does a grieving man do to “get over” his...