How grief and loss can show up
Loss can mean a death. It can also be the end of a relationship, a job, your health, or a future you had counted on.
- In your thoughts
- Disbelief, guilt, going over what you could have done, forgetting for a moment and then remembering.
- In your body
- Exhaustion, a physical ache, changes in sleep and appetite, waves that arrive from nowhere.
- In your days
- Avoiding certain places or dates, feeling out of step with everyone else, pretending to be fine.
How we might work on it together
There is nothing to fix here. I offer a place to talk about who or what you’ve lost, as much or as little as you want, including the feelings that seem unacceptable, like anger or relief.
In time we may look at how to carry the loss alongside the rest of your life. The loss doesn’t go away, but it can find its place.
You won’t be hurried here, however long it has been.