What is grief?
Grief is the natural emotion that comes with the loss, or the pending loss, of a loved one.
There are many events in life that can cause grief:
- Death of a loved one
- Divorce
- Relationship breakup
- Death of a friend
- Health Issues
- Losing your job
- Loss of financial stability
- A miscarriage
- Death of your pet
- Loss of your dream
- A serious illness of a friend or family
- Loss of friendship
- Loss of safety after trauma
In 1969, psychiatrist Elisabeth Kübler-Ross introduced what became known as the “five stages of grief.”
Do you struggle with worries and tension and find it difficult to relax? Everyone gets worried sometimes, but sometimes worries and fears reach a new level and become so persistent that they can interfere with your ability to think clearly or to make decisions or to relax. Sometimes they may affect your ability to function. Anxiety can affect your body in all sorts of ways from causing headaches, muscle aches, difficulty sleeping, upset stomachs, and exhaustion among other things. You may even have experienced the anxiety so strongly that your heart raced and your chest got so tight that it made you feel as if you were having a heart attack. The good thing is that anxiety is treatable.