In what ways does mourning impact our physical well-being and what measures can we take to alleviate it?

Question

I've been told that grief can affect our health negatively. How exactly does grief affect our health, what does it do to our bodies, and how can we deal or heal from grief?

Answer 1

Thank you for this Andrew!

Answer 2

No one tells you how to deal with the loss of your best friends as you get older. Person after person…

I broke up with a guy who has Alzheimer’s. I felt like a traitor. Our whole relationship was nothing but me becoming more and more his nurse not more of his lover… he kept changing so I basically kept losing him… our relationship was too short to survive… so painful

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Today I found out that my grandmother has stage 4 pancreatic cancer with metastases to the liver and I am devastated… I dont know how long she will live… the content comes at the right time to prepare for the loss that lies ahead of me

Answer 4

Love this topic. I am hoping you will discuss ambiguous grief too.

Comments

The world is constantly attempting to teach us how to mourn.

Answer 5

This is what I think about having a non traditional life and not a partner. So, when you lose your primary attachment figure, grief and death feels especially vulnerable.

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Thich Nhat Hanh teaches that we can talk to our dead loved ones through mindful walking and breathing in the here and now. Not through necromancy, but by being aware that they are present in our bodies, thoughts, feelings, consciousness, and mental formations. They are there in the stillness of lakes, solidity of mountains, freedom of space, and beauty and freshness of flowers

Answer 7

Crying. thank you.

Answer 8

Wonderful episode. Thank you!

Answer 9

❤ Thank You ❤

Answer 10

I needed this…thank you

Answer 11

thank you so much!

Answer 12

I've been reading your content for a long time and every time you surprise me with your talent. Thank you for your colorful creations!

Answer 13

Thank you so much for your creative ideas. Your content is always a pleasure to read.

Answer 14

Just lost my cat thanks for this

Answer 15

Please do an episode on the MTHFR gene!

Answer 16

My dog Rex, the greatest dog in the entire world recently passed away definitely need this episode thank you

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My mom died 2 months ago. I came home from work and found her. It was unexpected and it broke me. Her sister who was like a mom to me passed away 7 months earlier from cancer. I watched my mom grieve herself to death. I tried so hard to help her but I couldn’t. Now I feel so alone. I still live in the house I shared with them.  I don’t know how to move on from this. I feel stuck in grief. I just don’t know how to get out.

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My oldest child, a trans man, won’t talk to me, and I don’t know why. I have reached out with sincere love and humility to tell him open to hearing from him why, but he is neurodivergent and inflexible, so it’s now just part of my life that I don’t know where he is or what he’s doing. There is a dark hole in me that will NEVER go away.

Answer 19

It's so helpful podcast

Answer 20

I lost my child at 39 weeks. This type is even more difficult as the science shows the child's cells stay with mom and he's forever with me. Every day is different but always a sadness underneath.