Grief Symptoms

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Let's review the physical symptoms of Grief by understanding how our grieving brain works . How do Grief symptoms challenge the emotional work of Grief. Suggested tools to combat these physical symptoms of Grief.
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[elaineking]

Every word you have spoken describes where I am. My brain ruminates every minute of the day of my loss and I feel I'm in an eternal hell.

[kennethteo]

I am in another world. I cannot relate to my normal friends and they cannot understand me including family members. I only talk to those who lost someone they loved deeply. My threshold of pain has lowered. I cannot tolerate negative news, negative talks etc, I keep a distance. In short, loneliness.

[marija]

I used to be an organised, orderly person. I'm simply not functioning as an adult anymore and am more like a demented old lady. I no longer have a daily routine, cook healthy meals, excercise, take care of myself. I find it difficult to validate reasons to live.

[mapulemokgophi]

I went to a pastor to help ease my grief but the things he said was a pain in my eyes. I realised that I was seeking comfort in the wrong place. God is the healer of my grief.

[robertoastorga]

The most challenging symptom at this point is the physical and mental response. I feel heavy and depressed.

[sunriseschubert]

My beloved mother died unexpectedly on October 6 2022 and I'm heartbroken 💔😭. I'm single and she lived with me my entire life. She was my mother, companion, best friend, everything. 😢. I'm praying to God for strength, healing, and resignation soon 🙏🏻✝️🕊️

[ry]

I lost my wonderful wife 18 months ago after 56 years of love and devotion . I am no better now than on day one . I cannot accept she will never come back . I still have all her things just where she left them . I cry by the hour and don't want to see people . I am lonely beyond words and see no future without her . When I see people I try to be my old self because that is what is expected of me . However its just an act . I am broken in mind and spirit . I am no longer the same person . I often feel there is no point in carrying on . All I have are memories of the past and all they do is hurt me even more . I send love to anyone who reads this and I hope your personal pain eases .

[craigsirianni]

Oh my God! When you quoted the C.S. Lewis comment about how “no one ever told him how much grief feels like fear, I finally realized I wasn’t losing my mind. Thank you!

[dianayano]

My Gregory died on July 18th of this year. I did not expect him to die, neither did he. We shared over 30 years together. I truly knew love because of him, never judgment, always love. I miss him beyond any sorrow I have ever known. I am afraid of everything now, and question everything I do. He made me always fear safe; I could always go to him. I love him so, and will always.

[jacquelinebrutus]

I lost my mom a month ago, she had breast cancer. I was her caregiver for 4 years, saw her deteriorating. I feel lost, depressed, loss of concentration, sad. Im crying all the time. I miss her so much. We were very close. Im trying to deal with grief on my own. Thanks to this video I’m learning that I’m not the only one who feels the way I feel. 🙏

[lindajohnson]

I was already suffering work-related PTSD when both of my parents died in the same year. I was there when they both passed; Mum was in a nursing home so I was manually monitoring her heart rate and breathing, and was the one who called time of death. That was in 2008, and I’d already been living in a state of fear for the eight years prior. Have had so many problems with sleep (used to be able to sleep a lot, mainly due to the ridiculous medication they had me on… which ended up causing metabolic syndrome… great for someone with diabetes and heart disease strolling casually through their families).

GI problems are par for the course; it’s an auto-immune thing, so I believe. Probiotics have been of immense help to manage the gastritis without the use of proton pump inhibitors. But I still have intestinal issues, which exploratory procedures have shown nothing unusual. It’s a psycho-somatic thing.

Then there are all the other bizarre, one-off things, the two most notable are having throat problems, having an ultrasound and unsuccessful fine needle biopsy. Nodules in one side of my thyroid and microcalcifications in both. Wouldn’t have the biopsy done again, but went back for an ultrasound two weeks later and everything was normal. And my prolactin levels going through the roof, well past menopause, with no brain tumour in sight, and then bloods returning to normal after the scans.

My personal take on this is that I’ve been locked in ever-increasing loads of grief, either primary or subsequent, and no-one can/will share my grief in order to diminish it. It makes me feel even worse because people get sick of me being depressed/sad/anxious etc. but they’re really part of the problem. Grieving people need to be with people who feel the same way they do, but preferably from within their own personal circle of loved-ones. And I also believe that grief is love with no-where to go. So I send you all much love and healing 🙏🏼❤️

[tammymullins]

I lost my husband a year and a half ago. 41 years together. I have experienced many physical symptoms. I was never sick but the first several months I was sick a lot. Insomnia is still a problem. I lost weight. Finding purpose has been important to me, but difficult. The loss of people I thought would be there for me but who haven’t. Trying to find out who I am now without the person who loved me the most in the world. Having to make decisions without him is also something I’m struggling with now.

[przzuscomoditty]

Overwhelming fatigue. Overwhelming brain fog, so I have no desire to make decisions (I am usually the one in our family making all plans and decisions). Appetite is lower. Sleep is totally disrupted. I am going on 5 months of death grieving, but 2.5yrs of illness grieving, prior to mom's death.
My head hurts from the waterfall of emotion coursing thru it.
I crave hugs, affection, conversation, company, someone else's smile to distract me.

[susankotchea]

Dad went missing 12 yr ago. He was 92 yo. How can he just go missing? He could barely walk alone. 2 weeks later we (not the police) found evidence he may have been harmed badly and died and buried somewhere. I feel angry at times the police did not take us serious. I'm suspicious of family members that were there at that time. I have anxiety and panic attacks, heart palpatatings. I miss my dad dearly. And often wonder what happen to him. Please pray for us. 😢😔🙏🕯

[truthseeker]

Husband of 32 years died over a year ago. I still find motivation/ passion difficult. Still hard to feed myself. Still spend way too much time in bed. I'm nearly 60. People say I'm young and have much to look forward too. Would another companion/partner bring me joy again? Dunno, I think the work is to be done inside myself. I can speak gratitude, but the world is still grey. As someone with an artists heart, I find it difficult to look at this 'grey' world. The tiniest of things remind me of our future plans together. Yet life had other plans for me. I'm just broken, sad, mad, and tired. Send prayers of encouragement and faith in the future. Bless all of you who are grieving.

[virginiag]

My brain is in denial. Keep thinking my husband will come through the front door any minute. He suddenly passed 20 days ago from a Pulmonary Embolism, he was a healthy 42 year old man, we were together for 15 years. I cannot comprehend he’s gone. I’m heartbroken 😢

[raew]

My whole life got hijacked. All I do is cry 😢- the sorrow is heavy most days. Grief is a thief, imo. Time doesn’t heal really. The loss becomes more profound. We are changed forever. 🙏🏻 Blessings to all

[joelburdsall]

My wife of 35 years passed away in March 2022. We did everything together including raising a child into a great man and running a business together for 15 years.
I was my wife's 24/7 caregiver for the last 3 years. I feel the loss, yes, but the heavy feeling in my chest is really something that is new to me. I now know what heartbreak feels like. So meditation and deep breathing are helping for a while but I still have the underlying feeling of loneliness and loss.

[williamclymer]

Lost. My wife of 53 years February 12th 2022, have 100% PTSD from Vietnam. Every day seems like never ending despair.

[bonniebikowski]

Dear beautiful souls.
I just lost my little baby boy Saturday 3-26-22. I am in unbearable heartache pain to the core of my soul!💔😢😭 please pray🙏 sending love and light from my heart to yours❤🙌🌈💜