Posts tagged Grieving
The Grieving Process

I remember this feeling vividly when my sister passed away. We were on the phone when the call suddenly dropped. I later found out a truck had crashed into the bus she was traveling in. She was one of two people who died at the scene. I waited for her to call me back, as she always did, but she never did. When I got the news, I felt frozen in shock, unable to process what had happened.

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Grief Responses: Understanding the Body’s Response to Loss

Losing a loved one can be devastating and challenging. With grief come specific changes in our body that we might not fully understand or control. These changes can be emotional, cognitive, behavioral, spiritual, physical, and sometimes overwhelming and confusing. Various factors can impact the intensity and length of the grief we experience, including but not limited to our relationship with the deceased loved one, personality types, belief system, support system, etc.

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