We live in grief for having left the womb, for having left the teat, then school, then home. In my case, it was leaving marriages, and the death of my wife.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
When I had to bury my child, I probably didn't start grieving until a year and a half later.
Grief causes suffering and disease.
As a child I had dealt with a lot of loss and grief. I was constantly losing my parents, losing my home, constantly moving around, living with this stranger, that stepfather, or whatever.
Such is my experience - not that I ever mourned the loss of a child, but that I consider myself as lost!
The weird thing about grief, for me at least, was when each of my parents died, for a year or two afterwards I was pretty wildly brave - just willing to take life on.
You don't go around grieving all the time, but the grief is still there and always will be.
As a parent, it's my responsibility to equip my child to do this - to grieve when grief is necessary and to realize that life is still profoundly beautiful and worth living despite the fact that we inevitably lose one another and that life ends, and we don't know what happens after death.
During my grief, I realised there was nothing I could do for my mother, but I did have a child.
Upon the death of my father, our family and myself were emotionally and financially exhausted.
Even with my father and brother dying, I didn't quite process the grief.