Healing Your Grieving Body – Schedule Something That Gives You Pleasure Each Day • Often grieving people struggle with getting up in the morning. When they awaken, even if they have had a peaceful night’s sleep, they’re confronted with the brutal reality that their loved one is gone forever. • It’s hard to look forward to each day when you know you will be experiencing pain and sadness. To counterbalance your normal and necessary mourning, give yourself a reason to get out of bed in the morning. Your body needs pleasant experiences to feel well. • Reading, baking, going for a walk, having lunch with a friend, playing computer games—do whatever brings you enjoyment. • On the flip side, many grieving people also feel guilty about having fun or experiencing pleasure. “I must be an awful person if I can have fun when the one I care about is dead, they think. If I have fun, that must mean I didn’t totally love the person I lost. Or: My loved one is dead and has been deprived of the pleasures of life. What right do I have to experience pleasure?” • Over time you’ll come to realize that seeking happiness does not diminish your love for the person who died; the two can and should coexist. Like many grieving people, you may also grow to believe that you owe it to your loved one to make the most of each and every day.
Posted on: Mon, 05 Aug 2013 15:28:36 +0000
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