Cognitive Regulation perspective
CR does not try to shorten grief. It helps the nervous system tolerate the waves, keep functioning through them, and slowly rebuild a life that carries the loss rather than being crushed by it.
Common signs
- Waves of longing, guilt or anger months after the loss.
- Difficulty imagining a future without the person.
- Numbness alternating with sudden acute pain.
- Avoiding places, songs or people that carry the memory.
Grief is not a disorder
Most grief resolves without treatment. Therapy helps when grief becomes disabling, gets stuck, or collides with existing depression or trauma.
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