While you’re expected to be in a festive mood, you may feel triggered by the decorations or a song you associate with a memory. Here are some ways to cope with grief and loss during the holidays.
, a digital community and resource for young adults navigating grief, unearthed after the loss of her mother at age 10 and later her grandmother, after becoming her grandmother’s primary caretaker. When her grandmother passed away, she was just 21 and two months shy of college graduation.
Grief is multilayered. It can be felt in the body through insomnia or hypersomnia, issues with appetite, or other physical manifestations of loss. Grief can take a person through a range of emotions like sadness, anger, and guilt. It can align with the five stages of grief—denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance—or completely break from these phases.
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