03/12/2025
Struggling with grief for longer than a year? Are your feelings remaining intense and impacting your day-to-day life? It might be complicated grief. 🌀
These are some typical signs ⬇️
• Feeling stuck in intense pain, anger, guilt, loneliness or sadness.
• Constantly yearning for the person who died.
• Thinking about them brings overwhelming emotions.
• Flashbacks or replaying difficult moments.
• Avoiding reminders — or thinking about them nonstop.
• Being hard on yourself or feeling “not good enough.”
• Withdrawing from work, hobbies, or people.
• Not taking care of your own health or daily needs.
• Feeling like life isn’t worth living without them.
• Suicidal thoughts or plans.
You may be more at risk if ⬇️
• You were very close or caring for them.
• The relationship was complicated.
• You’ve experienced depression, anxiety, bipolar, or PTSD.
• You’ve had other big losses or tough life experiences.
• You feel unsupported by friends or family.
• Their death was sudden, traumatic, or hard to accept.
If you’re ready, you can reach out for support by talking to your GP, a counsellor or psychotherapist, bereavement staff or trained volunteer, online support groups or call the free Marie Curie Support Line on 0800 090 2309.
You don’t have to go through this alone 💛
