Is it necessary to grieve a loved one’s death when it happened years ago?
Grief does not just go away in time; it continues to work deep within the psyche, limiting a person’s capacity for aliveness. Over time unresolved grief can result in depression, apathy, addictions, overworking, compulsive behavior, chronic physical symptoms, progressive social isolation. Overall, unresolved grief results in a shutting down on life, since a person can’t afford to be near anything that might trigger it. Many of my clients discovered that current problems that were rooted in the death of a loved one that was never grieved.
