Coping With Grief After the Loss of a Loved One

Losing someone that you care deeply about is one of the most difficult things that anyone can face.

Grief is a natural response to loss, and is the emotional suffering that you feel after the loss of a loved one.

Everyone grieves differently, and there is no right or wrong way to grieve. Understanding the basic grief process can help you to identify your feelings, and realize that what you are feeling is normal. It also helps you understand that you are not alone.

The Grieving Process
Grief shows itself in many different ways. You are an individual with your own personality, experiences, and your relationship with your loved one is unique as well. You will also have your own understanding of life and death. All of these factors go into the grieving process. There is no one size fits all type of grief .you.re too unique.

There is an overall pattern to grief as it progresses, although it.s important to note that not everyone experiences the same grieving process. Grief often begins with a feeling of numbness and shock, followed by a time of deep pain and sadness. Anger and grief often come in waves. In time, there is a gradual acceptance of what has happened .although it.s not necessarily a happy acceptance.

It.s normal to feel listless and discouraged, and depressed. The winter of your grief is a long and dormant period where strong emotions can still come up. While it seems that everything is dormant, something is growing deep beneath the surface. In time, gradual reawakening does occur. Hope, and energy return to you, and you will find renewed life. You will be a different person, having been changed by this, and you will have grown. You will develop a new relationship with your loved one, one that transcends time.

By going through the path of grief, you will begin to recognize what.s happened: by going through the path of grief, you will have taken the path of healing.

It.s important to remember, that grief is not a sign of weakness, it.s a sign of a strong relationship, one that deserves the honor of strong emotion.