Why Is Grief Important
Grief can be a hard thing to conquer
“Happiness is beneficial for the body, but it is grief that
Develops the powers of the mind”. Marcel Proust
Grief, it is a part of life. We all have to deal with it sometime in our lives, whether it be the loss of a loved one, beloved pets or something like the loss of a job. The longer the emotional tie to that which we lost, the greater the grief tends to be. Myself, I have experienced more grief by fifty-six years than a person should have to deal with in a lifetime. First was my grandfather on my mother’s side, I was five and of course five year olds aren’t going to understand what is going on, but I do remember I cried over it. Then my uncle, …show more content…
Grief can be a hard thing to Conquer Page 3 By Art Croswell
Most of my dealings with grief have been extremely difficult. I realize that my having major depression only mad things that much worse. Holding the pain of grief in and not acknowledging it
Will just make it that much harder to cope with in the long run.
You have to face it, acknowledge it, and finally accept and come to peace with it.
I’m not going to sit here and tell you everyone has the same reactions to grief, they don’t. Different people react differently
To one degree or another, some more emotional than others, some no emotion at all. Just because someone is breaking down and crying like a baby doesn’t mean they are not hurting just as bad. It differs from person to person just as the time to adjust does.
There are no hard and fast rules on how long it takes to grieve, again that differs from person to person. There are basically five stages of grief, they are:
Denial – you don’t believe or accept something has happened
Anger – “Why is this happening?”
Bargaining – “If you make this happen, then I will….”
Depression – “I’m too sad to do
“Happiness is beneficial for the body, but it is grief that
Develops the powers of the mind”. Marcel Proust
Grief, it is a part of life. We all have to deal with it sometime in our lives, whether it be the loss of a loved one, beloved pets or something like the loss of a job. The longer the emotional tie to that which we lost, the greater the grief tends to be. Myself, I have experienced more grief by fifty-six years than a person should have to deal with in a lifetime. First was my grandfather on my mother’s side, I was five and of course five year olds aren’t going to understand what is going on, but I do remember I cried over it. Then my uncle, …show more content…
Grief can be a hard thing to Conquer Page 3 By Art Croswell
Most of my dealings with grief have been extremely difficult. I realize that my having major depression only mad things that much worse. Holding the pain of grief in and not acknowledging it
Will just make it that much harder to cope with in the long run.
You have to face it, acknowledge it, and finally accept and come to peace with it.
I’m not going to sit here and tell you everyone has the same reactions to grief, they don’t. Different people react differently
To one degree or another, some more emotional than others, some no emotion at all. Just because someone is breaking down and crying like a baby doesn’t mean they are not hurting just as bad. It differs from person to person just as the time to adjust does.
There are no hard and fast rules on how long it takes to grieve, again that differs from person to person. There are basically five stages of grief, they are:
Denial – you don’t believe or accept something has happened
Anger – “Why is this happening?”
Bargaining – “If you make this happen, then I will….”
Depression – “I’m too sad to do