40 min
23. Grief Shame - The dangers of minimising our own grief - Solocast Crazy Grief
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- Mental Health
Every loss is unique. Every loss comes with its own unique challenges. But often when we negate the impact of our own grief because we feel like we can't compare our loss with someone else. we end up invalidating our own grief experience.
There is a tendency to diminish our own grief in light of someone else's loss, especially if the person we lost is not a spouse, a child or a parent. However, when we are feeling the loss of a brother, a friend, a work colleague, but we do not acknowledge our grief, and when don't give it space to exist and to be expressed, because it's 'worse' for other people, we then start to shame ourselves.
Grief shame is toxic and it festers. Hiding it, denying it, minimising it, will only bring more distress and struggle. Giving yourself permission to grief is the best thing you can do for yourself and for the people you love.
Love and light,
Tatiana xoxo
Every loss is unique. Every loss comes with its own unique challenges. But often when we negate the impact of our own grief because we feel like we can't compare our loss with someone else. we end up invalidating our own grief experience.
There is a tendency to diminish our own grief in light of someone else's loss, especially if the person we lost is not a spouse, a child or a parent. However, when we are feeling the loss of a brother, a friend, a work colleague, but we do not acknowledge our grief, and when don't give it space to exist and to be expressed, because it's 'worse' for other people, we then start to shame ourselves.
Grief shame is toxic and it festers. Hiding it, denying it, minimising it, will only bring more distress and struggle. Giving yourself permission to grief is the best thing you can do for yourself and for the people you love.
Love and light,
Tatiana xoxo
40 min