Urban
Summer Issue 38 May - August 2014
Grief and how long should I experience it?
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Its a common experience to us all but one that confuses some of us and instead block the experience. But blocking can lead to other difficulties and in this short guide I hope to give you a few tips in managing this necessary process and also learning to close a chapter on the loss of a loved one. The reaction of grief are many and varied to each of us. Think of the process like that of a pendulum on a clock swinging from one emotion to another in a matter of minutes and the experience can be anger, sadness, feeling fine and then being tearful. The process of grief is one that revisits memories from the past, present and the future. The future is realising the reality of the missing person and how they will not
For many who accept the flexibility of life events then the movement from memories to images of the future and vice versa will be easier than if the individual has a rigid attitude to life and cannot move from one to another with ease instead they suffer thus becoming a hard journey from which they would want to block, using any strategy to fill the void. These strategies can be using alcohol, drugs but also other things like
journey but instead interrupted and blocked. Many people who find dealing with loss of a loved one need to know that loss is normal and that the way to deal with it is to take one day at a time and not rush the journey. There is life after loss! If you find that you have interrupted the process or even not allowed yourself to grieve then canal an expert today. For more information on the clinics and how to book an
be present in future celebrations, events and normal everyday events. Images are key to all of us and what they represent.
obsessive thoughts, behaviours developing into an OCD. Complicated grief is simply grief not fully realised and left to its own
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