Wednesday, April 15th, 2009...8:58 pm

A Fresh Perspective of Grief and Loss

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We undergo may painful experiences during our lifetime, yet most are a one time event.

Upon the death of a loved one however, innocent people are forced to endure one traumatic blow after another after another. They are literally bombarded from every direction, continually, often for months or even years.
 

The Emotions of Grief


People become very scared of their grief emotions, because they seem so strong. In order to survive, many have had to find ways to repress their emotional overload and quiet their minds, because to feel it all is naturally more than they can bear.

The problem is that grieving then becomes unnecessary emotional trauma, as the fears and emotions of each event compound with the previously repressed ones, and continually increase in intensity.

The emotion you feel today is a combination of all the times you have experienced this emotion of grief. That is why it is so overwhelming.

The reason you are feeling this grief emotion today, as freshly as you originally did 5, 10 or even 50 years ago is because you are feeling your original stored emotion that has lain dormant, just below the surface.

Grief then becomes a journey of attempting to avoid unbearable pain, but at the same time feeling a chronic sadness and ache, without ever fully experiencing grief or loss at all.

No wonder people are hesitant to move on, they instinctively know that they haven’t finished, because they haven’t truly experienced their grief.
 

 Releasing the Emotions of Grief

But, there is a very interesting thing about emotions. You see, the fear of feeling an emotion is often stronger and more difficult than the actual emotion that is feared.

And, when you realize that you can completely and permanently release any emotion at will, your fear of emotions subsides, and then they are far less intense and scary.

As you become more comfortable with emotions in general (sounds strange but it really does happen), you are able to allow yourself to feel your grief and loss fully, as an experience to mourn your loved one, then permanently heal and release it instantly. Then you will naturally feel ready to move on.

This is why we gently introduce the releasing process in Heal Your Pain, so you show yourself how to get comfortable with releases, emotions and feeling them in general, without any stress or pressure.

The big difference between our philosophy of grief and traditional models is that they focus on reasoning and understanding to cope with the pain, whereas we focus on doing to resolve and heal the pain.
 

Conclusion


You may be use to reading and perhaps writing about grief, so you naturally want to rationalize what you are reading here, to see if it provides the answer to help you feel better. (Yet if rationalizing had been effective you wouldn’t still be searching, or feeling your grief)

To clarify. Imagine putting a whole orange inside your stomach every time you have felt emotional, confused, worried, faced an uncomfortable situation, or heard your mind chatter going crazy since the loss of your loved one. It would be very full by now.

Traditional methods show you how to cope with a stomach full of oranges. We show you how to experience the oranges fully, then remove them, and naturally you no longer feel bloated, uncomfortable or experience any of the other side effects the oranges created.

Of course there is more to grief than emotions, but until the emotions are resolved and released, no other healing is possible. Therefore, emotions must be addressed first.
 

You might also like:


A Fresh Perspective
of Grief


How To Heal Your Loss


The Emotions of Grief


Myths and Realities of Grief


Help A Friend Who Is Grieving


 

A Fresh Perspective of Grief and Loss
Traditional Methods for Coping with Grief
Emotions and Grief
About Loss
How To Heal Your Loss
Free Podcast: Loss of a Loved One
Understand Your Emotions of Grief
The Myths and Realities of Grief
How Can I Help A Friend Who Is Grieving?
The Emotional Stages of Grief

 

 

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