Processing grief through a simple physical behavior.
Processing grief through a simple physical behavior.
Grief Loss Response Kit
That's the information, here's the help;
That's the information, here's the help;
When it's time to get some professional help.
When it's time to get some professional help.
READ IN ONE MONTH: How you doing on your Grief process?
READ IN ONE MONTH: How you doing on your Grief process?
Read in 6 months.
Read in 6 months.
Sighing. Think about sighing. Memic a sigh. Deep breath in, long exhale, chest sinking, and notice how towards the end your head just naturally lowers and slowly goes from side to side as if quietly saying "no."
Sighing has been found to be helpful after tragedy and trauma. This is the body's way of coming out of fight or flight stress response and getting back to a normal body state.
Sighing for grief and loss. Has someone ever told you to sit up and not to sigh? Well, when dealing with loss it is the right time to sigh.
Meditatively sigh, go deeper and sadder with each slowing sigh. Feel. The slight "no." your body's language communicating your struggle to believe that the loss has occurred. This is the struggle of grief. There is no way around it. You can't skip it. You can't intellectually rationalize it away. You can go into denial, but this feeling will just stay there, ...in your gut, ...waiting for you to return your attention to it ...someday. Don't delay. This is your feeling. Own it. Deal with it.
Deal.
WITH.
It.
Be WITH this feeling. Sigh. Sigh again.