How Do You Cope With Grief And Grieving?
First, our deepest, deepest sympathy. The pain of losing a loved one is beyond words. Don’t feel guilty about how you are coping/living/grieving…whatever you are doing, it is right for you. Your grief and grieving process is an individual experience…no one but you knows the depth of your grief or what your loved one meant to you and how much your life has been affected. Don’t feel obligated to do anything. Do what feels right for you, when it feels right. When you’re ready, take baby steps to rejoin society and pick up your old life (if that’s what you want to do). It is not easy to venture out into the world when your heart is broken — muster up your courage and go. At first, it may be hard to be with people – Some want you to be your old self, even though you feel that your old self is gone. Others seem to be ignoring your grief. Forgive them. They don’t know how to act or what to do or say. Go outside when you’re ready. Force yourself to do something active … something you e
