Where grief is fresh, any attempt to divert it only irritates.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Grief jumps out at you when you're least expecting it.
I don't move away from grief, rather through it.
But there is a discomfort that surrounds grief. It makes even the most well-intentioned people unsure of what to say. And so many of the freshly bereaved end up feeling even more alone.
Grief is exhausting.
The thing about grief is that it's a roller coaster - it's up, it's down. The emotions sometimes take over.
If you suppress grief too much, it can well redouble.
Grief is a normal and natural response to loss. It is originally an unlearned feeling process. Keeping grief inside increases your pain.
Grief is at once a public and a private experience. One's inner, inexpressible disruption cannot be fully realized in one's public persona.
Grief, no matter where it comes from, can only be resolved by connecting to other people.
One feels as if it could never, never be less. And yet all griefs, when there is no bitterness in them, are soothed down by time.
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