No matter what anyone says, grief is not a problem.
It is not “wrong”, it is not an “illness”, and it cannot be “fixed” or “cured”. Acknowledgment is everything at this time. You are in pain and it cannot be made better. However, you do not need solutions. You do not need to move on from it. You need to see it, acknowledge it, and learn how to carry it.
Everything is different now.
There is no place in your life that this grief has not touched, but it is important to remember that grief is a part of love. It is a natural extension of love; love for life, love for self, love for others. What you are feeling is love and love sometimes can be really hard. Though, through self-work, many difficulties can be transformed.
There are losses that rearrange the world.
There are losses we experience that we did not ask for and did not see coming. During this difficult time, it is about how YOU choose to survive and live inside the love that remains.
Reference
Devine, Megan. (2017). It’s OK That You’re Not OK: Meeting Grief and Loss in a Culture That Doesn’t Understand. Sounds True, Inc.
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