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Grief & the Holidays: 6 Things to Remember...
1. Stop trying to be okay. Holidays are brutal after you've lost someone you love. Triggers are everywhere. Reminders of the past are unavoidable. Family dynamics get tricky. It's okay to fall apart.
2. Protect your peace. People around you will sometimes forget that you're grieving. It's okay to remind them and to talk about your loss. It's also okay to take a break from people right now.
3. You are the only person who knows what you need. No one should be allowed to dictate what your holiday season looks like when you're grieving. It's okay to skip everything this year. It's also okay to laugh and celebrate. And it's definitely okay to be a mess.
4. Make space for your grief. Write your person a letter. Make their favorite meal or buy yourself a gift from them. Creating space to be with your person and your grief will make it more tolerable to be around the rest of the world.
5. Delete social media. The festive holiday scenes and perfect family photos flooding social media are enough to destroy most of us. So just take a break until January.
6. Go easy on yourself. You are missing your person. And you are missing who you used to be. Take a deep breath. You didn't ask for this. You're doing the best you can.
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