Understanding the Symptoms of Grief

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. Watch to then end for suggested tools to combat these physical symptoms of Grief.

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[grieftherapist]

This is a repost of my very first video in May 2021... the tech details of Youtube have been a big learning curve. I was so hesitant to start posting about Grief as no one wants to talk about Loss. My insecurity about this led me to making a video with annoying background music!🤷‍♀ Thank you to all who have told me to lose the music!!😉 This is a repost where my honest words and dedication to doing Grief differently speak out!

[estalenecharby]

My body is all shaking inside . Married for 58 years miss him

[kristinasexton]

I related to turning inward. People reach out and I just want to retreat. I am exhausted by trying to act like I am getting “better”. It’s a lonely place

[RA-]

It was the brain fog and confusion … thinking I did stuff and I didn’t … I didn’t feel like myself

[rosemerence]

Such a helpful person! I’m sick of the “be strong” people. It’s time for feelings. That’s what’s up!

[patriciarider]

My husband overdosed on 12/08/21, I found him. I’m a mess. Very angry and depressed 😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢 I am not eating much, I have lost 25 lbs since then, I was with him for 36yrs. The psychologist noticed my breathing, EXACTLY what you said, very shallow breathing, im alone in this big house and am paranoid in here. Thank you, as I thought I was losing my mind!

[Gina]

Anger caught me most off guard. No one shares their anger on the grief groups. I have rage in me for a son's sudden, tragic and unsolved death. Everyone and everything irritates and annoys me. No one admits this very common symptom of sudden loss.
I especially feel angered when I am preached at or the usual pat phrases for the bereaved are tossed my way.

[FubbiQ]

In the last 7 months our 15 yr dog Teddy passed. Then NOV. 2022 my Mom passed. In March my 15 yr old kitty passed. 3 weeks ago my best friend, Nancy, passed.I feel like I am under water, I can’t breathe.lost so much weight., can’t eat much. This is a level of pain that I never knew existed.

[madelynflores]

My 33 yr old beloved grandson. Army Vet who came back to civilian life after 6 yrs in military, with high level ptsd, and concussions, tried suicide after his girlfriend told him she aborted their baby boy, we had seen the baby in ultrasound pictures. He survived the accident barely, he was seriously injured and endured alot of immense pain the Dr stopped giving him pain meds because he was doing cbd so it was getting worst for him on May 17th he took his life, and I'm his grandma who loved him then before then and always will, and my grief in my chest is like a knot. Now it comes and goes when I cry which is helpful, and he has come to tell me he loves me very much and I'm talking to him every day, I prayed for many years for his return from military duty and I pray everyday for him and its the guilt that I should have gone to see him more, he wasn't able to drive anymore.we kept in touch by phone calls or messages.I have to remind myself that he's no longer in the intense pain he was in and that Jesus is merciful and He has been accepted in His Kingdom., and someday we will see each other again. And I'm crying as I write this.

[coleenlaski]

Thank you so much for explaining the physical symptoms I've been experiencing. Last year I found my husband of 42 years dead on the bathroom floor. It was a horrible shock. I haven't been able to think, make decisions, remember where I keep things or names of anything it seems. I am a chef, well, I was a chef. I have no interest in cooking. I haven't cooked in a year. Food tastes either terrible or flavorless when I do remember to eat. I do not want to eat and I just grab crackers or something that wont make a mess or require any effort. I cooked for him. He was my love. I'm experiencing no desire to leave the house, thus I'm isolating. I cant read and comprehend what I'm reading. I just feel broken.

[sharonmonson]

After losing my husband of 25 years last September, I’m at a loss when people ask me if I’m going to stay in my house…I feel his presence everywhere here and for now it feels like a warm blanket.

[jamesavenell]

Here in 'Blighty' my late wife (Marilyn) reverted to her Soul existence back in March 2022, we knew one another for nigh 60 years and were married for over 55. As time goes by I feel no improvement relating to the missing close companionship, passion etc, of our association. I believe we are Soul's on a mission in this physical sphere but what bugs me most in this physical state, is that I can not, talk, as we could on most subjects, see her or hold her close to me. Music, certain lines of songs will set me off, even though they will, more often, relate to a different kind of parting and longing, the association of the words are vast. I can thank the great creator for the blessings bestowed upon us during our physical time together but whatever other interests I previously held in this lifetime have no meaning.
We have four adult children who do all they can to help, although I am pretty well self sufficient in the normal manner of things. I don't comprehend how the brain reacts because, although its part of me, we don't speak the same lingo and therefore do not come to terms with one another. I only know I am bereft of the most wonderful thing that ever happened to me. I am 84 and not yet ready to leave this earth but what point I constitute upon this sphere is known only to the creator, as I have not yet fathomed the answer.
I guess I forge on as I know my sweetheart would have wanted me to do so, and of course the children, grandchildren etc. In my reveries I strangely go back to our initial courting years and conclude that if I could have predicted this future, I would not have changed a bloody thing. Is it not, a funny old life.

[kimdewitt]

Anxiety, fear, terror and panic. Hits hardest when I am falling asleep and jolts me awake. I'm 60 and my mom passed Oct 2022. I was fine (denial) the first 9 months. I have no other family....it was always just mom and I. Now its just I. I feel lonely and abandoned.

[robertoastorga]

For me, what resonates the most is a felling of heaviness and depression.

[Kay-pbtm]

Self expectation a big issue😢 i lost my Husband to Lymphoma 7 weeks ago. He battled it for 8 years. I nursed him at home through palliative care and fulfilled his wish to be with me, but the trauma has left me not sleeping, not eating. Having to sort out all his affairs, our home, our bills, so much to think about 😢 and experiencing an anxiety attack while driving. You have to look after yourself but you can't think about that, i only feel his loss of his love and being beside me. 💔

[lafemmesociety]

I lost my 19-year-old son to suicide Easter Day 2022. Easter will never be the same, during the holidays I felt like I was losing my mind. A really bad anxiety attack crept up on me while driving so bad, I almost couldn't drive. The meaning of life is hard to describe as it was once important to me, I just go through the motions trying to care for my 9 year old daughter, when I laugh I feel guilty, when I miss my son, I ask how could this be real. I'm taking it one day at a time.

[justcharity]

After loosening my 15 year old son to Homicide I’m MAD ANGRY AND SO SAD. I’m Mad at Myself and angry at Everyone. I feel guilty because I let him go outside. I’m so hurt he died in front of our home and I saw him take his last breath. No one was arrested for killing him and Nobody besides ME CARES. It’s been 4 months and I still can’t walk past my old home. Guilt, Depression, Anger and Loss of Sleep and Self Worth play a huge role in my Greif.

[annkelly]

I lost my partner 3 months ago. Stage 4 cancer 5 weeks and he was gone! House is empty loss so deep hecwas my second and true love .. we had only 3 years together my heart ached to see him hold him tell him how I love him... The loneliness is a killer the pain endless! 😢💔

[shoban]

I lost my husband about 6 weeks ago. Drawing inward is a real thing for me. Having to force myself to socialize, engage in things I used to enjoy. I find myself dwelling in the past, intense emotional state of love and passion for my husband in the earlier years. I find a lot of comfort there, but it's also painful.

[doriannemosich]

Yes I am turned inward I will always miss my life the way it was, prior to my Mom's death she is missed always in our hearts God bless her and us always for her great dedication living her life for others.