In what ways can grief impact our physical health and how can we cope with it?

Question

From what I enjoy hearing, loss deepens one's psychological state and can seriously affect one's physical health. Would it be possible for you to elaborate how does the grief affect and brings changes to a person's body and talk through how they can cope and work through losing a loved one?

Answer 1

In my opinion, this is the main reason we are here. Learn how to forget, let it go. Welcome to The Mourning Project!

Answer 2

What an amazing episode ❤ hope she comes on again!

Answer 3

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.

Answer 4

I never understood why anyone would want to take their own life until my wife of 40 years passed away. The constant pain is so unbearable, I would do anything to not feel that way. I drank every day for three years and felt true physical pain. One day I did not feel that terrible pain. It was like a switch was turned off in my stomach. It became duller and less painful. I was able to think of my wife with love and remember the good times. I started to go out and date again. Eventually I met a wonderful woman and we have been together now for a year. My late wife will always be a part of me and in losing her I realize how much I loved her and appreciate the new love I have found. I show that love to my partner more than I did my whole life knowing how lucky I am to have found another. It was a terrible journey that I survived and I knew that most everyone had gone through it, but it was my loss and it felt like my world ended and I did not want to continue this life. I'm glad I did not take "the easy way out", the suffering has made me a better man.

Answer 5

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

Answer 6

This may be a selfish request, but would you consider adding a small note to your document to all of us who love the Huberman Lab and deeply appreciate all the work you’ve done? I don’t think I’m alone in saying that, when the time comes, we will all be grieving your loss.

Answer 7

Andrew! Thanks for asking exactly the question I wanted to ask again and again… I lost my husband suddenly a year ago, and still can’t understand how I’m supposed to mange this hard time of grief (my own and my teenaged kids grief) without him by my side.

Answer 8

thank you so much!

Answer 9

I was just going to suggest this!! Thank you so much

Answer 10

❤ Thank You ❤

Answer 11

Buried my mom's mom on a Monday, my husband passed away that Wednesday, then my dad's mom passed away that Saturday.. I was 31 then.. 3.6 years later.. finding joy in every day, small things. Making muffins for the neighbors, sitting with my kids and just listening. I like the ball in the box concept... at first the ball fills the box... then as time and healing goes on, the ball gets smaller, but when it does hit the edges, that feeling is still there. Forever. Birthdays, anniversaries, holidays, special moments and accomplishments with my children... my life perspective is forever changed..and it's very hard to take a lot to seriously anymore because you can plan... but I'm a believer in fate. Put your best foot forward and do not apologize for the things you need as you grieve. So many opinions. But only you know.

Answer 12

So well timed… every time

Answer 13

Dr. O'Connor, your cheerfulness is infectious! May I also live with joy amidst the consciousness of death ❤️

PS Dr. Huberman, please issue a trigger warning at the start that su*cide is mentioned. Very helpful conversation but others might be triggered negatively.

More power to both of you!

Answer 14

“...There are some things that time cannot mend. Some hurts that go too deep, that have taken hold.”

Answer 15

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 16

I needed this…thank you

Answer 17

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 18

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 19

this is wild… I've spend years trying to manifest my dream life but it never seemed to work for me, I always hoped for a sign that something would finally shift. I believed in manifestation but didn’t know how to make it actually work. Then someone recommended Manifest and Receive by Eva Hartley and it just instantly clicked. The way she explains things, it’s like she’s speaking directly to your soul. That book is the reason I’m living my dream life today. If you’ve been waiting for a breakthrough, this is it❤️❤️

Answer 20

My favorite channel✨