Have you ever wondered this? Is my grief, my problem, or my circumstance big enough or bad enough to seek help? I wonder, what would classify as sufficient for you to access intervention or support?
For many of us, we’re very good at coping, and managing life’s difficult circumstances.
We get up each day and go to work, parent our kids, do the groceries, pay our bills, and engage with friends and family and our grief comes along for the ride. Biding its time.
Often it comes out in the quiet moments, as we lay down and try to go to sleep. It comes out as frustration when our boss or our loved ones irritate us or ask for just one more thing from us. It comes out as brain fog when we can’t seem to latch onto anything, and can’t quite ground ourselves in the world we find ourselves in. It comes out when we look around and don’t recognize the world we’re living in and the person we’ve become to cope.
Even then, often we persist. I hear it time and time again, “I’m not sure if my pain is bad enough to need support.”
Let me reframe this for you;
If it’s painful for you, it’s painful. 🪷
If your grief is significant for you, it’s significant. 🪷
If it matters to you, it matters to me. 🪷
We can all use some help sometimes. There is no shame in that. In fact, it can be one of the hardest things to do; to reach out and talk about the most vulnerable of circumstances. Trust me, if you do, I see only strength looking back at me.
Another point to make, as I’m standing on my soapbox. The best time to seek support is before a crisis; to build the foundations to manage difficulty before it arises. The second-best time to seek support is right now.
So if you’re ready, I’d love to see you. If you're not ready, I'd love to see you too.
🪷 Welcome to Grief Guide. 🪷
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