Surprising Grief Symptoms

Have you been having trouble focusing lately? Like, you pick up a book and make it 3 sentences in before realizing you have no idea what you just read? Or you forgot the one thing you needed to go to the grocery store for. Grief is probably the culprit. Some of the things you’re experiencing because of grief can come as a real surprise.

Feeling rage and heartbreak all at once? You’re grieving.

You want to be alone…but also want someone to see you? You’re grieving.

Can’t pray like you used to? You’re grieving.

Feel like you don’t know who you are anymore? Like you’re losing yourself? It might be your grief.

Feeling prickly lately? Like really irritable with everyone?

No energy or time for small talk, and your filter is gone? You say exactly what you’re thinking with no apologies? Yep, that’s grief.

Experiencing such a change in yourself can be pretty scary. But I want you to know that this is a season you’re experiencing, not who you are now. With time and healing, you’ll regain your focus, sleep normally again, and go back to keeping your thoughts to yourself.

Therapy is a great place to explore all the ways grief is impacting you. It’s a safe place to vent and come up with strategies for helping yourself through this time, when you’re feeling so unlike you.

Warmly,

Erin