That Discomfort You’re Feeling Is Grief

grief Apr 04, 2020

This article talks about grief and emotions and how recognizing our discomfort is important to help us through the anxiety.

Being able to know and be aware of what emotion we are feeling can help us manage them.

The unknown, the lack of control, the deaths, the shock, the nightmares, the pressure of decisions that may affect a life, amplify the grief within.

If we do not have clarity on what our grief is we can let it consume us and result in emotional and spiritual distress.

A few things to help with grief are (on top of seeking professional help):

1) Do not stop your pain from surfacing it will only make it worse in the long run.

2) Remembering there is no specific "time frame" in which grieving must be done in.

3) Know that crying is not the only way to know you are grieving, you may have pain that is not expressed this way, but another way.

4) Seek out face - to -face (in the pandemic through phone or virtually) support from those that care about you or a health professional.

5) Take care of yourself by engaging still in activities that enrich you physically, emotionally, mentally and spiritually.