Tag: understanding-grief

Educational resources about grief’s nature, process, common experiences, and individual variations help suicide loss survivors understand that what they’re experiencing is normal, that grief doesn’t follow neat stages, that there’s no correct timeline, and that the wide range of emotions and physical symptoms they’re experiencing are expected responses to devastating loss. Understanding grief theory and research provides framework for making sense of chaotic internal experience, reduces fear that you’re losing your mind or grieving wrong, and offers reassurance that healing is possible even when current suffering feels permanent. Knowledge about grief complements emotional support from therapy and community.