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- Grief is the process you go through as you adjust to the loss of anything or anyone important in your life. - The loss of a job, a move, divorce, death of someone you love, or a change in health status are just a few of the situations that can cause grief. - Grief is both physically and emotionally exhausting. It is also irrational and unpredictable and can shake your very foundation. - The amount of "work" your grief requires will depend on your life experiences, the type of loss, and whatever else you have on your plate at that time. - A sudden, unexpected loss is usually more traumatic, more disruptive and requires more time to adjust to. - If your loss occured through violence, expect that all the normal grief reactions will be exaggerated. - You may lose trust in your own ability to make decisions and/or to trust others. - Assumptions about fairness, life order, and religious beliefs are often challenged. - Smells can bring back memories of a loss and a fresh wave of grief. - Seasons, with their colors and climate, can also take you back to that moment in time when your world stood still. - You may sense you have no control in your life. - Being at work may provide a relief from your grief, but as soon as you get in the car and start driving home you may find your grief come flooding back. - You may find that you are incapable of functioning in the work environment for a short while. - Because grief is distracting it also means you are more accident-prone. - The object of grieving is not to get over the loss or recover from the loss but to get through the loss. - Over the years you will look back and discover that this grief keeps teaching you new things about life. Your understanding of life will just keep going deeper. ***************************** Tear Soup by Pat Schwiebert and Chuck DeKlyen is an excellent book and a good gift to give to grieving friends.
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