Grief
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Random blog day boo yah. As you should know Fridays is random blog day were we talk anything and everything and pretty much run with it. Today's blog is on Grief.
Winnie the Pooh once said: “How Lucky I am to have something that makes saying Goodbye so hard”.
In the Cambridge Dictionary, Grief has several meanings but in the context of this blog today the meaning I'm talking about is that, Grief means Sadness, especially around the death of a loved one.
Grief is often the natural response to loss. It's an emotional response to something or someone being taken away from you either through loss, separation or passing away. It's a loss that can be overwhelming and lead tot he experience of variously difficult or unexpected emotions, usually Sadness and Guilt, Shock or Anger. These tie into the normal reactions of loss, everyone experiences them differently as Grief can disrupt your physical and mental health. Some people can't eat, sleep or even think normally. The more significant the loss you experience the more intense the grief you feel.
Helen Keller once said “We bereaved are not alone. We belong to the largest company in all the world—the company of those who have known suffering”.
Everyone experiences Grief differently, it can be a highly individual experience for everyone so there's no right or wrong way to grieve. The way you grieve depends on you and various other factors including personality, your coping style, faith and life experience. The Grieving process, like with most things Inevitably takes time. Healing from Grief happens gradually, there's no hurrying or forcing it along. Plus there's no normal timetable for grieving as everyone grieves differently, some people start feeling better or more normal after weeks and months, for others it can take years.
Earl Grollman once said “Grief is not a disorder, a disease or a sign of weakness. It is an emotional, physical and spiritual necessity, the price you pay for love. The only cure for grief is to Grieve”.
It's generally accepted that there's five stages of Grief; Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Depression, & Acceptance. Its also accepted that not everyone goes through all five stages as stated, everyone grieves differently, and no one expects you to go through all five stages. These stages tend to be the accepted forms of Grief because they are the most commonly felt emotions around grief, everyone has experienced these stages whilst going through it at some point. However Human emotions shouldn't always be fitted into some rigid structure....maybe grief should be considered like a river or a roller coaster Grief is never a fixed point and whilst going through it, grief will be hard with your emotions feeling deeper and longer as you go through them, but with time everything shallows and shortens a bit and you find yourself in a different place having gone through it.
To Quote Nick Cave “Grief is Tidal. In time, it can recede and leave us with feelings of peace and advancement, only for it to wash back in with all its crushing hopelessness and sorrow. Back and forth it goes, but with each retreating drift of despair, we are left a little stronger, more resilient, more essential and better at our new life”.
Grief is this weeks Friday Funday Topic, in part that Grief should be somewhat understood and the fact that my family and I recently lost a much beloved family member, someone who lived a long and happy life and will very much be missed......I write this blog for their memory.
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