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On a dark blue background, instructions for journaling are presented: 'SET A TIMER FOR 15-20 MINUTES. FIND A PRIVATE SPACE. NO FILTERS. NO EDITING. JUST WRITE WHAT YOU FEEL - NOT WHAT YOU THINK YOU SHOULD SAY.'
Journaling for Grief, Heartbreak & Heavy Days
A lot of people avoid journaling when they’re hurting because they think they need to “figure it out” first. Like the feelings need to be organized. Neat. Understandable. Ready to explain. But pain usually doesn’t arrive that way. It’s messy and repetitive and contradictory. One minute
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Hannah | journal coach

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📖: The Pain of Healing 💛
#sadpoems #grief #lemon8books #poetry #griefandloss
Samantha Camargo

Samantha Camargo

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The title slide, '5 Tips to Deal with Grief,' states, 'You don't have to walk through it alone,' set against a misty forest path with sunlight filtering through the trees.
Tip 1, 'Feel What You Feel,' explains that grief isn't linear, displayed over a serene lake at sunrise or sunset with a misty horizon.
Tip 2, 'Talk About It,' encourages sharing grief, shown with a coffee cup, open notebook, and pen by a window.
Mental Health Tidbit
Grief is messy. It’s not something you “get over”—it’s something you walk through, grow with, and carry differently over time. Here are 5 tips to help you navigate grief with grace, compassion, and hope. Which one speaks to you today? #GriefHealing #MentalHealthMatters #FaithAndGrief
Rebecca Holloway, LPC, MHSP

Rebecca Holloway, LPC, MHSP

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A book heavy on grief
When Darkness Falls by Ana Gutierrez. Available on Amazon and Kindle. Signed copies available at anagutierrezauthor.com. #whendarknesfalls #paranormalromancebooks #book
Ana Gutierrez | Author

Ana Gutierrez | Author

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Grieving the loss of someone who’s still alive
Losing someone important to you due to their own choices can be one of the most difficult experiences any human could endure. The sheer part of letting go is the hardest. Why would you let go of someone that’s still there? Doesn’t that show YOU’VE given up? Or maybe you agree to the choice as well?
gabby

gabby

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Grief doesn’t just break the heart, it shocks you.
You are not crazy. Your nervous system is grieving. After losing a partner or spouse, many women think something is wrong with them. The panic. The hypervigilance. The exhaustion. The brain fog. The sudden waves of dread. But grief activates the survival system. When someone
Ashlee Sunshine

Ashlee Sunshine

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I wrote my way through grief
I didn’t write to move on. I wrote because I didn’t know how else to hold what I was feeling. Grief showed up in waves — sometimes soft, sometimes flooring. And my journal became the only place I didn’t have to pretend I was okay. I could rage. I could whisper. I could ask the questions that
Hannah | journal coach

Hannah | journal coach

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When Goodbye Comes Without Warning
Trigger warning ‼️ #SuddenLoss #GriefJourney #LoveAndLoss #GoneTooSoon #GriefIsLove
Tired Mom, Big heart

Tired Mom, Big heart

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A light pink background with text describing grief as a deep ache, an empty space, and a loss that changes you, making you figure out how to live without a piece of your heart.
A white background with text stating that grief isn't just tears, but learning to live without someone, breathing and facing each day with an aching heart. A small flower illustration is below the text.
A white background with text discussing the grief that begins before someone is gone, describing the slow breaking of a heart while watching a loved one slip away.
Grief Is Love With No Where To Go
If you are having trouble dealing with grief and feel tou have no one to talk to… please send me a message. Doesn’t matter what time.
melzzie

melzzie

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living with GRIEF 🌹🥺
Living with grief isn’t just missing someone. It’s waking up every day with a piece of you missing—and still trying to smile. It’s hearing a laugh that sounds like theirs and forgetting how to breathe. It’s carrying a thousand “what ifs” and “I should’ve” in your chest like lead. It’s pretendin
Shannon Katianna

Shannon Katianna

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An open book displays a poem by Rhiannon Janae: "A child should not bear the trauma of the ones who brought them into this world." A Lemon8 watermark is at the bottom left.
An open book shows a poem by Rhiannon Janae about the struggle of letting go of lost loved ones, with page number 174. A Lemon8 watermark is at the bottom left.
Grief poems
Book; the rise of a woman by Rhiannon Janae #griefpoetry #poemsaboutloss #reading poetry is my therapy
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Rhiannon Janae

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A person holds an open journal and pencil, with text overlay 'THE JOURNAL PRACTICE THAT HELPED ME SURVIVE GRIEF'. The image highlights journaling as a coping mechanism for grief.
Bold text on a dark blue background reads 'NOT POETRY. NOT PROMPTS. JUST PAIN AND A PEN.', emphasizing raw, honest journaling for grief.
Text on a dark blue background states 'GRIEF DOESN'T JUST "GO AWAY." IT LINGERS...', describing the persistent nature of grief and its impact.
Journaling Through Grief (How I Started)
Grief doesn’t show up on a schedule. It sneaks in while you’re doing the dishes. It hits in the car. It sits with you at 2am when everything is quiet. And when it does… it can feel impossible to hold. So here’s the part most people don’t tell you about journaling through grief: You’re n
Hannah | journal coach

Hannah | journal coach

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Grieving 😕
Let’s be honest— I’ve been grieving things no one ever prepared me to grieve. Not just people. But timelines. Identities. A version of myself that might never get to hold motherhood naturally. I didn’t know how deep that ache could go. How you can mourn something you’ve never had, but alwa
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Jai

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A SPEECH ON GRIEVING THOSE WHO HAVE FALLEN AWAY
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Austin’s art

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When your loved ones die, their soul moves on. It’s easier to accept. But grieving your living children let me tell you hits differently. I don’t wish this pain on my worst enemy.. #parentalalienation #grief #familycourt
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🍄PsychedelicGoddess🍄

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Thing I didn’t know were Grief ..
I didn’t know grief would touch my routines, my reflection, my relationships. I didn’t know it would ask me to rebuild my inner world from the dirt up. It’s not just about who or what I lost .. it’s how the loss reshaped everything around it Including me #griefjourney #healingjou
Risingwithwounds

Risingwithwounds

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Grieving over a loved one🖤
February 20th, 2023 will forever be one of the worst days of my life. God decided it was time to bring home my best-friend. Over the last year and a half, here are 8 ways I learned to cope/grieve. 1. Acknowledge your feelings: •Allow yourself to fully experience your emotions, whether it'
RyGuy🥷🏿

RyGuy🥷🏿

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An illustration shows a person sitting by a window at night, looking at a full moon. The text "Quotes about Grief Part 2" is overlaid, with "lemon8 @awallbby" at the bottom.
A white background displays a quote in black text: "If you ever wonder why someone is still grieving... That's love. -Jameson Arasi." The Lemon8 logo and username are at the bottom.
A quote about hoping someone is okay despite their sadness, seeing light in the dark, and not being alone, is presented on a light background with a faint landscape.
Quotes about Grief
#grief #lossofalovedone #sad #quotes #deeptalk
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Grief Wrecked me.
writing helped put me back together. it didn’t make me feel whole again, but it helped me make sense of who I am after loss. Chamomile and Lavender by Sonesta Wilde is a book navigating grief and the many spectrums of our human experience. from the pains that haunt us to the joys th
Sonesta Wilde Poetry

Sonesta Wilde Poetry

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Maybe You’re Grieving Lost Time 🍂
Healing can bring up a strange kind of grief. You start thinking about the years you spent anxious, the chances you didn’t take, or how different life might have felt if you had trusted yourself sooner. Let that sadness be real. Just be careful not to lose more time punishing yourself for the time
SteadyInner

SteadyInner

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tips on grieving the loss of a loved one
to anyone grieving the loss of a loved one, i hope you find this and it gives you some sort of peace & comfort through a time of such immense pain. 💌 1. letting yourself feel ur emotions -this is a big step in the grieving process. do not let your emotions become unnoticed, or forgotten ab
jess brady

jess brady

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How to spiritually heal from grief
Grief is a natural emotional response to loss—whether it’s the death of a loved one, the end of a relationship, or a major life change. It can bring waves of sadness, anger, confusion, or even numbness. Spiritually, grief is more than just pain—it’s the soul processing a deep shift in connection, m
Fabs

Fabs

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healing while grieving yourself.
Nobody warns you that one day you’ll look at yourself and realize you don’t recognize who you’ve become anymore. Not because you changed overnight. But because life slowly started replacing pieces of you with survival mode. The soft version. The rested version. The version that laughed eas
Shy After Dark 🌙

Shy After Dark 🌙

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Grief ❤️
#books #grief
Najwa Zebian

Najwa Zebian

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Allow yourself time to grieve 💛
📖: The Pain of Healing #griefjourney #grieving #grief #griefandloss #poetry
Samantha Camargo

Samantha Camargo

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💛 Supporting Your Partner Through Grief
Watching someone you love go through grief is such a helpless feeling. 💔 My husband’s friend is dying, and I can see all the ways it’s weighing on him — even when he doesn’t say much. For me, I try to support him by listening, checking in, and creating space for him to open up when he’s ready. I
Anjilia G

Anjilia G

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A poem titled 'His Journey's Just Begun by Ellen Brenneman' is displayed in black text on a white background. The poem offers comforting words about a departed loved one, suggesting their journey has just begun and they live on in the hearts of those they touched.
for when you’re grieving ♥️
to anyone who woke up today with a heavy heart missing someone who’s no longer here, I hope that time brings peace 🫶🏼 #death #poems #grief #love #grieving
Grace Eleanor

Grace Eleanor

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Quotes about Grief
#grief #griefjourney #grieving #sad #quotes
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🦋ᴬˢʰˡᵉʸ ⱽᶦᶜᵗᵒʳᶦᵃ💫

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Journal prompts for grief
Here are some journal prompts that have helped me get very real with myself while grieving the murder of my mom and grandma. 1. What does my grief feel like today? How has it changed over time? 2. What are some small moments of peace or comfort I’ve experienced recently?
Magically Maci

Magically Maci

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📖: The Pain of Healing 💛
#grief #griefjourney #griefandloss #grieving #poetry
Samantha Camargo

Samantha Camargo

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An open book displays a poem titled "Sea Glass Secrets," expressing longing and unspoken words for a lost loved one, now told to the stars.
A poem titled "If You've Lost A Parent.." describes the profound grief and enduring love after parental loss, accompanied by an image of a cardinal bird on a branch.
A poignant quote on a light gray background reads, "My dad taught me everything, except how to live without him," reflecting the pain of losing a father.
The lose of a parent
#parentloss #greif #greiving #ripdad
Jada Colon

Jada Colon

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An infographic titled 'Grieving the Life You Thought You'd Have' shows a woman by a window, surrounded by text detailing what this grief feels like, what might be grieved, how to honor it, and what healing can bring. It emphasizes making space for healing and new possibilities.
🦋 Trauma & Healing- Grieving the life you thought you'd have
🌙 Grieving the Life You Thought You'd Have Grief isn't only about losing a person. Sometimes, it's about mourning the future you imagined—the dreams, plans, or version of life you expected that never came to be. This kind of grief is real, even if others can't see it. You m
🔥✨️🪬♥️☯️ JENNI  🔥✨️🪬♥️☯️

🔥✨️🪬♥️☯️ JENNI 🔥✨️🪬♥️☯️

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Let Yourself Grieve: The Pathway to True Healing
🌸 Healing isn’t about “getting over it.” Healing is about giving yourself permission to grieve. 👉🏾 Like, Save, Share - someone who needs to see this. When we deny grief, we deny our own humanity. Grief is not here to destroy you, it is here to transform you. Let your sorrow breathe, because it
DearTolu

DearTolu

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Grieving Chronicles
What are you gonna do about it ‼️ . It's okay to be mad, to feel sad, and even to lash out. It's natural to struggle when darkness closes in, when hope for the light seems to slip away. What truly breaks my heart is the quiet fear of the future—the worry that even after the storm passes a
DestineByGod

DestineByGod

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📖: The Pain of Healing
#grief #griefjourney #grieving #sad #sadquotes
Samantha Camargo

Samantha Camargo

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I am still grieving
Despite my uplifting posts. My husbands 2 yr mark will be next month and I am still always having the hardest time. 2 years to you may sound like a good distance away. But I still live in that very day he was ripped away from me. Sending you all the love if this is you too. I haven’t sh
Angel ♡

Angel ♡

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Grieving what never was…
#healingjourney #grievingprocess #traumahealing #shesurvived #singlemom
Jessica Irene

Jessica Irene

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What NOT to say to someone grieving! 🚫
#grieving #grief #griefandloss #griefjourney #griefsupport
childlosswarrior

childlosswarrior

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Book: The Pain of Healing
#grief #griefjourney #imissyou #sadpoetry #sad
Samantha Camargo

Samantha Camargo

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This image features Sam Wheat from "Ghost 1990," representing Aries, with text describing him as bold, protective, driven, and relentless in seeking justice from beyond the grave.
This image shows the Ghost of Christmas Present from "Scrooged 1988" (a woman in a fairy costume) and a man in a suit, representing Leo, described as larger-than-life, theatrical, and jolly.
What if the Zodiac Signs were Movies Ghosts? #horrormovies #ghosts #zodiacsigns #firesigns #airsigns
13degreesofscreams

13degreesofscreams

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Grief 🖤
#grief #grieving #loss #griefsucks #grievingtogether
Jean Kelly-Lee

Jean Kelly-Lee

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Grieving What Could’ve Been
Not all grief comes from loss. Some comes from imagining the life you almost had, or the person you almost became. Give yourself permission to feel it all. And then, slowly, start again. 🌤 #GriefHealing #mentalhealing #emotionalhealing #selflove #growthmindset
socialmindset

socialmindset

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A dark, rainy window with green foliage outside, featuring a white paper-like banner with the text: 'Some words that have helped me through my grief.' The Lemon8 logo and username are at the bottom.
A white background displaying a quote by Sara Rian in black text: 'i know how hard it must've been to leave us behind... i hope you know you stayed.'
A light gray textured background with a quote by Riri in black text: 'Sometimes there's no bright side. Sometimes you have to sit in the dark.' The Lemon8 logo is at the bottom.
Some words that have helped me through my grief.
Grief is like no other kind of sadness. Grief has touched every part of my life, and nothing has ever made me feel so alone. Here are some words that make me feel understood and have been a help in my healing journey. Do you have any quotes, poems, songs, or words of wisdom that have helped you
Tosha🦋

Tosha🦋

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“For the Nights When Grief Feels Too Heavy"
I created this journal after losing my husband. I needed a space to cry, reflect, and just breathe. This cover represents a quiet place for healing — for every grieving widow who doesn’t know what to do with the silence. If that’s you… this is for you. [Link in bio] #GriefJournal
Gracefully Guided

Gracefully Guided

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A title image featuring faded pink roses with the text "Grief + How to cope" in a pink, bubbly font, set against a light background.
A light pink background with the question "What is grief?" and the definition: "GRIEF IS AN EMOTIONAL RESPONSE TO DEATH, ILLNESS OR A LOSS."
A light pink background displaying "Stages of grief" and a list of stages: Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Depression, Acceptance, noting they can come in any order.
🌸Grief is NATURAL🌸
Everyone at some point in their lives has experienced grief. I’ve collected information and decided to share this with you all because I have experienced grief and have been grieving different things to all year. Being vulnerable and honest about grief can also help you cope. Is there anything that
Rosie

Rosie

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Grieving “The One”
How to Grieve a Relationship You Thought Was "The One" Breaking up with someone you believed was your soulmate can feel like losing a part of yourself. Here are some steps to help you navigate that grief: 1. Allow Yourself to Feel It’s okay to feel sad, angry, or confused. Allow your
Abby

Abby

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The guilt I didn’t expect
💌 Letters From a Grieving Mom: The Guilt I Didn’t Expect Some days I catch myself smiling. Laughing even. And then the guilt hits. How can I smile when he’s not here? How can I enjoy anything when part of me is missing? Grief is confusing. It doesn’t follow rules. One moment I’m drowni
Kamile

Kamile

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📖: The Pain of Healing 💛
#grief #griefjourney #griefandloss #lemon8books #poetry
Samantha Camargo

Samantha Camargo

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Healing grief isn’t always easy nor linear but here are some things that help me through this❤️‍🩹 #grief #mentalhealth #healingjourney #griefandloss #fypシ
Veronica Perez 🍒

Veronica Perez 🍒

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Grieving sucks ‼️
Today makes 60 days that my grandma gained her wings. I’ve been trying so hard to pick up the pieces and keep going. And if I’m being completely honest, it’s probably the hardest thing I’ve had to do my whole 31 years of living. Trying to grieve in a healthy way this time. Please drop some tips/sug
Eb🩷

Eb🩷

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my biggest hardest lesson from grieving
whether it's been months or years since your loss, just know that it is ok to not be ok. grief really is one of the most painful human experiences. be kind, be compassionate, and be patient with yourself through your grief journey <3 #lemon8partner #safespace #griefhealing #griefr
alexa vicktoria

alexa vicktoria

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You Can Miss a Life You Don’t Want Back
Sometimes you miss the little things from a chapter you know you needed to leave. That doesn’t mean you belong there again. Missing what was tender doesn’t erase what made you move forward. Some memories are allowed to stay beautiful without becoming invitations to return. 🌻💙 #Sunshinelady
Sunshinelady

Sunshinelady

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📖: The Pain of Healing 💛
#grief #griefjourney #sadpoems #lemon8books #poetry
Samantha Camargo

Samantha Camargo

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You Were Grieving.
“And then I woke up, my lungs weren't breathing. I looked there beside me to see if you were sleeping. And I was alone.” #poetry #poetrycommunity #poem #writersoflemon8 #griefjourney
CAlecPoetry

CAlecPoetry

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All grieving girlies are accepted here 🤍
#grieve #grievingyourselfaway #grieving #grievinghelp #griefjourney
Abigail Savopoulos

Abigail Savopoulos

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A collage of book-related items, including the novel 'Where Feathers Fall,' various tea bags, a tumbler, bookish stickers, notebooks, and pens, representing a book mail giveaway package.
A hand holding the front cover of the book 'Where Feathers Fall' by R. Hamilton, featuring an American flag design, blood splatters, and dog tags on a dark background.
A hand holding the back cover of the book 'Where Feathers Fall,' displaying the blurb about Fayrene, her husband's death, a mysterious caller, and a hidden file, with the ISBN visible.
Hey Book Besties! Yesterday I received some ✨ book mail ✨. I won a giveaway hosted by @authorbhamilton !! I’m definitely excited for this military suspense thriller! And while I was expecting the book, I was NOT expecting all the little extra goodies. Thank you so much for it all 🥰.
The Affable Bibliophile

The Affable Bibliophile

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A person in a red sweater holds a small white dog wearing a green sweater, looking at the camera. The image highlights the bond with the family dog, whose loss contributed to the author's grief.
A person holds a small white dog, with text overlay stating that the author's grandpa and family dog died over the holidays, leading to unmanaged grief.
A hand shows red, irritated skin and swollen fingers, illustrating the author's autoimmune symptoms, dyshidrotic eczema, and painful eyes, which developed due to unexpressed grief.
Holding onto grief made me sick (story time)
Last year I lost both my grandpa and my family’s dog over Thanksgiving & Christmas. It was a really hard time for my family and I felt a huge burden to take care of everyone. What I didn’t realize was, my lack of managing grief was making me sick. I began to develop strong autoimmune disorde
Delaney

Delaney

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