Bereavement, Grief and Loss

Grief and loss impact all aspects of our physical and emotional well-being, and can impair our daily lives.

While each person will experience the grieving process in their own unique way, several emotions are commonplace throughout. Often these emotions can cause us additional distressing feelings, including: anger, shame, helplessness, sadness, relief, fear, loss, confusion, guilt, loneliness, anxiety, blame, numbness, depression, vulnerability, pain, embarrassment, feeling suicidal, and a loss of identity.

Physical symptoms may include a tightness in the chest/stomach/throat; emptiness or heaviness in the stomach; oversensitivity to noise, breathlessness, lack of energy and or muscle weakness.