The Grieving Process
The Grieving Process
If you are reading this page there is a high probability that you are suffering from a broken heart. If so, you might feel like you're stuck in a bad dream, that you don't know who you are anymore, or that you'll never laugh again. The Grief Recovery Method® will teach you how to heal your emotional pain and feel whole again.
Most people have no concept of the overpowering nature of grief until they face it on a personal level. They most likely encountered family or friends who were grieving and wondered why they were so upset, because they had no concept of the emotional pain these people were experiencing.
Grief is a very individual and personal emotion. Much of this pain is a factor of the things we might have wished had been different, better, or more in that relationship. It is also impacted by the dreams and expectations of a future that is now going to be very different than we had expected.
This does not mean that your situation is hopeless and that all of this cumulative grief will be with you forever. In the Grief Recovery community you will find effective action to move beyond the pain of your losses. This will put you in the position to enjoy past memories, without being overwhelmed with regret, resentment, anger or other sad feelings.
Our desire is to ensure that all people impacted by grief are empowered by knowledge, strengthened by action, and sustained by community.
How long am I going to feel this way?
Every person is different, and so is their grief. Each person will follow a different path toward healing. Although there is no right or wrong amount of time to complete the grieving process, many experts agree that it is not unusual to take at least a year to move through the grieving process.
Complicated grief
The duration of the mourning process can also be influenced by your relationship to the deceased, the amount of support you receive, and other factors.
Sometimes the healing process may become disrupted or delayed if other events or traumatic losses have previously occurred in a person’s life. This may be especially true if the other loss is relatively recent, or has never been fully processed in and of itself. This grief experience is known as “complicated grief.” People who are dealing with this type of grief may benefit by working with professionals who are trained in dealing with complex grief issues.
If, after some time has passed, you find your grief is still persistent and disruptive to the point where it impacts your daily functions, please seek professional counseling.
