Grief and loss still remain as one of the great taboos of society. Think about it. We are reluctant in talking about death. We avoid the subject entirely. We euphemize words that pertain to death. Instead of saying that a person “died”, we say that that person “passed away.”
No one is to be blamed, however, when a person avoids the topic. After all, it is a difficult, awkward, and painful thing to discuss. There’s a downside to not talking about the topic, however — it allows spaces for myths about grief and loss to spread, which would make it harder for us to grieve.
Thankfully, Psychology Today provides us five of the most common myths about grief, alongside actual facts about it.
Take for example the first myth — that “grief is a feeling.”
One of the most common misconceptions about grief is that it’s a feeling. Given that grief occurs in some of the most painful situations anyone can imagine, we generally associate it with depression. But grief is actually a process composed of many emotions, including expected ones like sadness, as well as more surprising ones like anger, frustration, guilt, or even shock.
It’s common during grief to experience positive feelings, as well, such as relief that our loved one is out of pain. At times, people also can feel numb, almost like the death hadn’t happened. What’s important to know is that all of these emotions—at least in measured amounts—are normal.
Know more about these myths over at the site.
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