Grief

Everyone grieves in a different way and it is important to make space for your natural experience–letting the body do what it naturally wants to do with the pain without getting in the way of it.

Grief and loss are a fundamental part of life and a shared human experience that connects us all. Everyone grieves in a different way and it is important to make space for your natural experience–letting the body do what it naturally wants to do with the pain without getting in the way of it.  The problem is that most of us do try to block our sadness or distract from the feeling of loss, whether it is an acute loss of a loved one through death or illness, or the losses of we accumulate throughout life but sometimes never seem to get over–such an not having had parents who could care for us well.
 

One important aspect of loss to remember is that one loss triggers them all.  It is as though loss is all stored in one psychological bucket, so if you tap into that place in you, you are grieving every loss that has happened to you and still needs to be processed.  The advantage of this is that you have an opportunity to more deeply heal things you had partially moved past but are still underlying.

If you feel you’re ready to begin your mental health journey, the first step is to contact Foundation Counseling Center by phone at (256)-497-1790 or online to discuss the type of therapy (individual, family, or group) you are seeking.