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I'm sure many of us have experienced grief at least once in our life time. Grief has many faces. People often wonder whether their reaction to the loss of a loved one is normal. For those who have gone through this yourself, may find it helpful to hear what grief represents.
Grief Can Be Physical - many people feel a physical sense of loss and even physical pain. Besides tears, grief can bring on a sense of physical emptiness, a loss of appetite or heaviness or pain in your chest. It may interfere with your ability to sleep or concentrate, make you forgetful or give you a sense of restlessness or loss.
Grief Can Be Confusing - Conflicting emotions arise when someone dies. You may experience intense love, anger and resentment or guilt about wanting to continue living yourself. You may feel overwhelmed by your feelings, even the smallest ones but at the same time feel very disconnected from the experience of your loss or from other people.
Grief Can Seem Overwhelming - Being preoccupied with everything about the one you have lost is very common. You may think about this person all the time, dream about him or her, suddenly feel overwhelmed by the pain of the loss or even feel that he or she is still alive.
You may feel regret about things that did or did not happen and start remembering things about the person that you thought were long forgotten.
Grief Brings Uncertainties - Questioning what you are doing with your life; not being interested in things that usually engage you and feeling suddenly angry or sullen about others are all normal reactions to loss.
Grief Can Be Physical - many people feel a physical sense of loss and even physical pain. Besides tears, grief can bring on a sense of physical emptiness, a loss of appetite or heaviness or pain in your chest. It may interfere with your ability to sleep or concentrate, make you forgetful or give you a sense of restlessness or loss.
Grief Can Be Confusing - Conflicting emotions arise when someone dies. You may experience intense love, anger and resentment or guilt about wanting to continue living yourself. You may feel overwhelmed by your feelings, even the smallest ones but at the same time feel very disconnected from the experience of your loss or from other people.
Grief Can Seem Overwhelming - Being preoccupied with everything about the one you have lost is very common. You may think about this person all the time, dream about him or her, suddenly feel overwhelmed by the pain of the loss or even feel that he or she is still alive.
You may feel regret about things that did or did not happen and start remembering things about the person that you thought were long forgotten.
Grief Brings Uncertainties - Questioning what you are doing with your life; not being interested in things that usually engage you and feeling suddenly angry or sullen about others are all normal reactions to loss.
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