29/04/2021
Grief can be difficult to handle as a friend. The most important thing is to reach out and listen. Grief and loss impact all aspects of our physical and emotional well-being and can impair our daily lives.
When grieving, we will experience some or all of the following symptoms:
Anger
Sadness
Fatigue
Anxiety
Shock
Relief etc
While each person will experience the grieving process in their own unique way, several emotions are commonplace throughout. Often these emotions can cause us additional distressing feelings, including anger, shame, helplessness, sadness, relief, fear, loss, confusion, guilt, loneliness, anxiety, blame, numbness, depression, vulnerability, pain, embarrassment, feeling suicidal, and a loss of identity.
Physical symptoms may include a tightness in the chest/stomach/throat; emptiness or heaviness in the stomach; oversensitivity to noise, breathlessness, lack of energy, and or muscle weakness.
Our grief becomes a problem when:
We feel "stuck" in our grief
We may not recognize our feelings as grief
We have unresolved feelings for the deceased
Our grief is interfering with everyday life
For information on mental health supports and services Contact us in confidence at Relationship Matters 📞 CALL +353 1 293 6821 - we offer Counselling and Psychotherapy, through office appointments or virtual, video appointments.
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