Category: mental health
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Waves of Grief – The Intensity of Grieving
In the early days of grieving, grief comes at you in large waves which overwhelm and swallow you up. Feelings are raw, but there can be quieter periods of respite between these waves. Gradually with time and healing the waves become smaller and less frequent. The process of grieving can feel like being bombarded with…
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Tiredness & Grief
Bereavement is tiring, it is important to listen to whatever your body is telling you. If you’re feeling tired, make sure to get enough rest. Even if you’re not sleeping long hours at night, go to bed and allow your body to have rest. If you like, sit quietly listening to a tape of meditation…
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Coping with Celebrations
Following a loss, the person grieving has to face important days without their family member or friend. Important celebration days like Christmas, New Year and birthdays have to be faced. These days are a sore reminder of your loss and form a marker of the passage of time since you last saw your loved one. You…
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Feeling of Separateness
When you experience a death among your family or close friends it is normal to feel that it both unifies and divides you from others apart from your own group who are suffering. There is a feeling of having stepped aside from the world at the moment. In the early days everyone lifts you up,…