Bereavement

If you have experienced the death of someone who was important to you, you might be finding it difficult to adjust to the changes happening in your life right now. Grief can shake everything up – your beliefs, your routines, and even your sense of normality.

Bereavement is the time we spend adjusting to loss. There is no right or wrong way to feel during the bereavement period – everyone copes in their own way.

Grief, although normal, can manifest in unexpected ways. Some people get angry, some people withdraw into themselves, and some people become completely numb. Sometimes, grief can trigger mental health conditions, like depression.

Talking about the loss often allows a person to adjust to their new life with all its changes – good and bad. Keeping things bottled up or denying the sadness could prolong the pain. Any loss must be acknowledged for us to move forward. Counselling aims to help people find a place for their loss so they can carry on with life and eventually find acceptance.

What is bereavement?

When a loved one suddenly leaves your life, it’s not a case of taking time out to recover. ‘Recovery’ suggests that you will emerge the same as you were before. In reality, all of your experiences shape the person you are, and experiencing the death of someone you care about often has the biggest impact.

Bereavement is accepting what happened, learning to adjust to life without that person and finding a place to keep their memory alive while you try to get along as best you can.

Bereavement Counselling – Counselling Directory (counselling-directory.org.uk)

“There is no right or wrong way to feel during the bereavement period – everyone copes in their own way.”