Myths of Grief
Grief is orderly and predictable.
- Grief is chaotic.
- One does not know when the emotions of grief will hit.
- Emotions wax and wane when grieving.
Everyone grieves the same.
- Grief is as individual as those who grieve.
Grief is over after the funeral service.
- Many people believe that life should return to normal following
the funeral service.
- However, the grieving process is barely starting as the shock
and numbness give way to other emotions. Grief is a long process
of adjustment.
Ignore grief and it will go away.
- One must experience the pain of grief in order to heal. Ignoring
grief prolongs grief.
Staying busy is a good way to cope with grief.
- Staying busy may be helpful in short term coping; however, it
merely postpones one's grieving.
If someone is not showing emotion, they are handling their
grief.
- Expressing emotions is a healing agent in grief.
The goal of grief is to get over it.
- One does not get over the death of a loved one. People can learn
to live with the reality of a loved one's death.
Time heals grief.
- If one does not do the work of grief, time will not heal grief.
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