Grieving is our personal means of reacting to loss. It is the pain we go through when we lose something that or someone who we love as dearly as our own lives.
Some examples of scenarios that are cause for grief are as follows:
- your special relationship with another person is over – you were fired from your job – you blew the opportunity to pursue your dream – you learn that a person very close to you is dying from a deadly illness – you find out that you are dying from a deadly illness – your spouse wants a divorce – you lost the trust of your best friend – a pet passes away – the person you love dies suddenly
These scenarios can all cause us to grieve. However, the most intense grief that we feel is when a person we love – such as a partner, a son or daughter, or a mother or father- passes away. Nothing can close the void that suddenly springs up in our life when they are gone.
These cherished individuals may have been everything to us. And life would never be the same again without them. We experience the pain of having someone we love taken away from us. Nonetheless, it is in mourning that we develop the path to our own mending of the pain that we felt with our loved one’s death.
All of us are entitled to express our grief. When we grieve, we must select the healthy ways of channeling the pain that we experience.
Grieving is often characterized by all-out weeping each time the memory of a loved one enters our mind. However, tears do not always signify grief. A person could be silent yet deep inside the waves of powerful emotions are roiling.
Also, contrary to the myth, grieving does not only encompass a single year. Grieving’s span differs from person to person. If you are grieving, don’t force yourself to immediately “get over it.” Time is a remarkable healer.
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