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Why is it so important to connect with others when you’re grieving the loss of a loved one? If you’ve grieved this kind of loss in the past, what kind of support was most helpful to you? If you’re currently grieving this kind of loss, who specifically can you reach out to for support?
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I think sharing memories with others helps. Talking with my friend who became a widow about two years ago helps. Talking to God about my circumstances helps. He will always listen. My children are very supportive to me as I am to them.
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Support, regulation of emotions. It is more bearable and less frightening when we find out that we are not alone
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Telling the story about my loved ones to others made it easy to handle. A burden shared is a burden halved. And I have a lot of caring and loving family members as well. And also attending grief share helped me to process my emotions.
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God wired us for connection. We aren’t meant to heal alone.
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June 12, 2022 My mother-in-law died unexpectedly. My husband is an only child and we were dealing with the business of her death and then got the news that my father had died on June 26, 2022. Along with both of these deaths I also lost my therapy dog; Bud. I feel I am still in the midst of really dealing with all this stuff. My mother died in 2019, Feb 15. It seems there has been so much death around me with friends dying during and after covid along with the family members.
It has been very important for me to find ones who are safe and talk to them about how I feel. It is not easy for me to open up to people but I have a sister in the Lord who lost a child, another sister who is a RN nurse who I talk too. I also talk to my brothers and let them talk to me about my feelings.
I believe sometimes reaching out to others who are going through what you are going through, or to others who have gone through what I am going through really helps. I can see how it help others when they talk to me and I do not judge where they are at or how they are grieving. It is important to get it out of me not just to dump garbage on someone but to progress toward healing.
