What are some ways to cope with grief?
The best advice for people in the early stage of loss is: support, self-care, and patience. In a culture that doesn’t acknowledge or support grieving, we are prone to view our natural grief responses as abnormal or unhealthy. For instance, there is a cultural expectation to “be strong” or to “get on with life.” For the bereaved person, there is nothing more destructive than trying to hide their emotions or pretend that life can go on in any normal way. When a loss has occurred in your life, you need time – time to heal, time to feel the many intense and changing emotions that come over you, time to retreat from the business of life, time to receive the love and support of friends and family, time to remember the one you lost, time to make sense of life now that your loved one is gone. Grief is a deeply emotional, mental, spiritual and physical process. It is important to take exceptionally good care of yourself in every way possible. Physically, this includes getting enough rest, eatin
