Rebuilding Life after Loss with Your Personal Venn Diagram

If someone you love very much has died, you may think your life is over. The psychological impact of loss is overwhelming, especially if the timing or surrounding circumstances were unexpected or traumatic. The mind reacts in astonishing ways while grieving. At some point, however, the realization comes: how can I go on?
Simple photographs that brought so much joy before everything changed might be painful reminders that force you to put them away for a while. The aftermath of a death impacts everyone around the person who died. Family members, friends, colleagues, even casual acquaintances may have differing grief experiences and coping skills. 
That’s okay. But we are talking about you right now. How will you go on? Does time seem to stretch in unbelievable ways? Do you feel disconnected from what is happening around you?
Maybe the weeks and months necessitated new living arrangements. Perhaps your two-income family became a one- or a no-income family. Swamped with responsibilities and bills at a time when you don’t even feel like getting out of bed, you search for a lifeline. Jobs and rent are two things that usually won’t wait very long. You need a new plan, one that will meet your immediate and future needs.
Whether you move in with family or stay in the old place, painful memories often hobble good intentions. Put the pictures away. Will that help? Possibly. Maybe you do that and then, as confusion floods in again, you unpack some of the framed photographs you us...

Source: World of Psychology - August 3, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Jan McDaniel Tags: Grief and Loss grieving Source Type: blogs