Verona
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- May 9, 2016
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A family member of mine recently died and I was surprised at the different ways that people expressed their grief. I was thinking it might be linked with whether someone is an introvert or an extrovert but I'm not sure.
When faced with a loss how do you process grief? Do you like to be with other people to share in the grief, do you like to keep yourself busy to distract yourself, do you hide away and not want any contact with people?
I discovered that I respond by not wanting to speak to anyone. I want to be alone to grieve and process my emotions on my own. I found having to tell other people to be very draining because I did not want the burden of having to deal with their response. I spent the next 2 days barely moving, speaking or doing anything.
When faced with a loss how do you process grief? Do you like to be with other people to share in the grief, do you like to keep yourself busy to distract yourself, do you hide away and not want any contact with people?
I discovered that I respond by not wanting to speak to anyone. I want to be alone to grieve and process my emotions on my own. I found having to tell other people to be very draining because I did not want the burden of having to deal with their response. I spent the next 2 days barely moving, speaking or doing anything.