Counselling for Grief & Loss

Grief & Loss

Grief and loss are a unique experience and generally occurs after experiencing a significant loss of someone or something important to you. The experience of grief can be overwhelming, and a big part of your experience can be affected by your personal belief systems. This means everyone grieves differently so your experience would be difficult to compare with others that had experience grief in the past.

Humans are made up of many emotions and grief is a normal response to loss which may affect various aspects of our lives. The overwhelming sadness can make day to day activities challenging even if they were easy in the past. As a result of grief, there has been reports of feeling:

  • Shock

  • Denial

  • Pain

  • Intense sadness

  • Resentment

  • Regret

  • Abandonment

  • Anxiety

  • Fear

  • Numb

The combination of various lingering sensations may cause you to feel uncomfortable, and some of these feelings may come in waves difficult to explain. Sometimes, the grieving sensation may come intensely, and other times they may come by quickly. As a result of experiencing intense emotions, you may notice changes to your though patterns including having difficulty concentrating on task and may not care about things you normally would. Oftentimes, experiencing grief may result to physiological responses including headaches, appetite changes, disturbed sleep patterns, tired, and a general feeling of exhaustion.

Grief is a process and is difficult to determine its duration since they are unique experiences. Some people reported that the passing of time allowed them to process grief better, and others reported of lingering sadness for a long time. Grief can affect someone on various levels including having trouble maintaining relationships with people, difficulty connecting to others, conflicting with people, and a preference to self-isolate. If you are experiencing grief, it is important to be kind to yourself, remind yourself that it hurts and will take time to heal. When the feelings of sadness is overwhelming, remember to reach out for support, either from friends, family members, or with the help of counselling services.

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