Grief Process

When you lose someone important to you, grief is a natural process. It can be very hard for a while.? You find that everything reminds you of that person and that he / she is no longer with you.? This is natural for a while and is your brain?s way of gently weaning this person out of your life.? If grief lasts for months or years without reducing in intensity then it is time to get professional help.

Hypnotherapy can assists with the process of dealing with grief so that you have more choices. This stops sad thoughts and recollections constantly interrupting your day to day life and means that it’s less pervasive and disturbing. To truly remember someone is a great act of appreciation and respect and to go on and truly live your life can be an act of respectful remembrance.

Grief is a natural response to loss. Its the emotional suffering you feel when something or someone you love is taken away. The more significant the loss, the more intense the grief will be. You may associate grief with the death of a loved one which is often the cause of the most intense type of grief but any loss can cause grief, including:

The more significant the loss, the more intense the grief. However, even subtle losses can lead to grief. For example, you might experience grief after moving away from home, graduating from college, changing jobs, selling your family home, or retiring from a career you loved.

Everyone grieves differently. Grieving is a personal and highly individual experience. How you grieve depends on many factors, including your personality and coping style, your life experience, your faith, and the nature of the loss.

The grieving process takes time. Healing happens gradually; it can’t be forced or hurried and there is no normal timetable for grieving. Some people start to feel better in weeks or months. For others, the grieving process is measured in years. Whatever your grief experience, it’s important to be patient with yourself and allow the process to naturally unfold.

Please do not ignore it! The pain will not go away faster if you ignore it.

Feeling sad, frightened, or lonely is a normal reaction to loss. Crying doesn’t mean you are weak. You don’t need to protect your family or friends by putting on a brave front. Showing your true feelings can help them and you.

Crying is a normal response to sadness, but its not the only one. Those who don’t cry may feel the pain just as deeply as others. They may simply have other ways of showing it.

There is no right or wrong time frame for grieving. How long it takes can differ from person to person.

The five stages of grief:

• Denial: This can’t be happening to me.
• Anger:?Why is this happening? ?Who is to blame?
• Bargaining:?Make this not happen, and in return I will ____.
• Depression: I’m too sad to do anything.
• Acceptance:?I’m at peace with what happened.

If you are experiencing any of these emotions following a loss, it may help to know that your reaction is natural and that you’ll heal in time. However, not everyone who grieves goes through all of these stages and that’s okay. Contrary to popular belief, you do not have to go through each stage in order to heal. In fact, some people resolve their grief without going through any of these stages. And if you do go through these stages of grief, you probably won’t experience them in a neat, sequential order, so don’t worry about what you should? be feeling or which stage you’re supposed to be in.

Hypnotherapy can assists with the process of dealing with grief so that you have more choices. This stops sad thoughts and recollections constantly interrupting your day to day life and means that it’s less pervasive and disturbing. To truly remember someone is a great act of appreciation and respect and to go on and truly live your life can be an act of respectful remembrance.