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Reflect on the C. S. Lewis quote: “No one ever told me that grief felt so like fear.” In what ways do you think grief feels like fear? How does that make coping with grief/loss difficult?
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In my opinion, grief as well as fear are emotions that we all experience.We are mostly familiar with fear because that is common. We always encounter fearful situations. It is common knowledge. When we experience grief it is like an upgraded fear. It causes an emptiness it is a great uncertainty about the future. Fear is part of the grief or maye it is a symptom or it is grief going by another name. It is hard to come up with a differentce between the two emotions so that’s the reason why people didn’t tell C.S. Lewis.They are the same terrifying feelings .
It makes coping with loss difficult because we feel helpless.It takes away our energy, strength appetite and will power. It cripples us mentally and physically. That is the reason for the Bible to encourage that we mourn with those that mourn and that we should pray for those that are weak. It takes God to strengthen us. He it is that restores us. -
I agree that grief can feel like fear. Everyone processes grief and fear differently. It depends on our beliefs, culture and how we were brought up. There are many variables. In my experiences grief usually happens unexpectantly. Because I have the Lord in my life, I am able to find hope and peace while going through the grieving process. Grief and fear causes anxiety due to not knowing what is to come. If we continual to have faith that the Lord is always with us to help us through the journey we can find peace.
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This is the first time I have thought about grief and fear. There is a fear about the unknown and not knowing what my world will look like in the future. I recently went through an unexpected retirement from my job and I feel that the sudden loss of my job and things I was familiar with does scare me. I feel like I lost myself and I can now see an element of fear in that.
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We have an illusion that we are in control. When loss comes we are faced with the fact that we are not in control of anything. Fear of the unknown and loss seem to be common and cause like reactions.
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I think grief feels like fear. When I lost my father, I was young. And something fear came to me about the future that made me so scared to live to be continuing without my father. I felt the need for someone to guide me through. I was still a baby Christian at that time.
