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Experiencing Grief
We have all experienced grief as a response to some form of loss. While we may associate grief with loss of a loved one, grief can also be experienced with the loss of a job or even the loss of health. This natural reaction to a loss can last as long as we need it in order for us to return to “normal.”
According to the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization, grief reactions may include
Feeling empty and numb
Physical responses such as nausea, trouble breathing, crying, confusion, lack of energy, dry mouth, or changes in sleeping and eating patterns
Anger directed at a situation, a person or in general
Guilt about what you did or did not do
Withdrawal from family, friends, and common activities
Difficulty focusing, working, or making decisions
Questions about faith or spirituality; challenges to the meaning, value, and purpose you find in life.
When considering the feelings that might be experienced after suffering a significant loss, any of the above reactions can readily be attached to feelings of sadness, anger, or guilt. All of these are quite normal feelings to be experiencing. A person can linger with these feelings based on many factors, including preparedness, culture, religious background, personality, and age.
Grief can subside given a person's ability to work through it. The intensity that someone feels early on in the grieving process can change to a more mellow sadness over time. Time really does seem to heal many wounds.
Suffering from significant grief is like thinking our worlds have ended and that going on with daily activities may be impossible, yet a vast majority of us do move on. In theory, as we age and as we experience more and more loss in our lives, we are supposed to be able to handle loss more efficiently. We may not feel the true affects of that loss until we are able too; however, at some point in time, the value of that loss to us is felt as it was meant to be.
Most of us have experienced loss and the feelings that loss created within us. And most of us have moved on with our lives after the loss occurred. Most importantly, most of us all have memories of that loss.
Remember, what you do today may be the memory someone has of you after you are no longer here.
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