The way through grief, is grieving.
We cannot avoid our grief forever. Any grief. And particularly the grief of all that we lost because of traumatic experiences we've had.
Moving through our grief, is something that many wish could be done quickly. It is a journey, and I believe a life long one. There are days when the grief will be raw and others when it will feel soft or dull and there will be periods of time when we don't think about or feel our grief. During those quiet times of respite we may think that it means we are done grieving, but then something will happen and it will be back, a new layer, to be experienced and processed.
And while I believe grief to be a life long process, something we move in and out of, there are many who would tell us that we need to just "let it go" or "get over it".
There is no "getting over"
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