It's a natural response to someone or something that you valued or loved.
Yet, with something so natural, so much myth exists:
"Men don't grieve as much as women."
"You absolutely have to shed tears."
"You have to be sad all the time."
And more...
So how do you actually process grief?
How can you bounce back in a healthy way?
How can you find hope again?
I'll come to that in a minute...
But before we get there, here are a few ways in which grief manifests:
- irritability
- fear and anxiety
- shock and confusion
- guilt over things unsaid and undone
- sadness, loneliness, despair, anguish
- anger at yourself, God, the doctors, the one you lost