- Instead of suppressing your feelings about loss, you can share them with people you trust and who you think can understand you...
- Do not force yourself not to cry. Crying is the healthiest part of the mourning process…
- The grieving process takes time. At this point, although the process is quite challenging, you can remind yourself that this process is a process that needs to be experienced. This process is expected and must be experienced. For this reason, recovery may not be as fast as you expect…
- During the mourning process after the loss, there are ups and downs. When you see such periods in yourself, do not be disappointed, do not feel like you are back to square one...
- In order to reveal your emotions, you can try the habits you have done before or try to gain new skills. For example; painting, writing, doing activities…
- It is seen that the pain of loss intensifies on special days, holidays, birthdays and anniversaries. Experiencing these intense emotions on special occasions does not mean that you are back to square one…
- Slowing down functionality and adapting to daily life after the loss is an expected situation. You can start with small steps to get them back into the same rhythm.
- Pay attention to your sleep patterns, nutrition, health, self-care...
- Similarly, you can talk to people who have experienced this experience and try to talk about your common feelings...
- Although it may be challenging, especially right after the loss, after a while, make an effort to start your social life and being in the same environments with your loved ones with small steps...
- Everyone's mourning process, experiencing and expressing their emotions is unique to them. At this point, do not compare yourself with others. Do not make comparisons such as “he was able to return to his life, she was able to get over it…” The suggestions mentioned above may help you live your mourning process in a healthier way. In addition, even though a long time has passed since the loss of doing all these; If you are experiencing difficulties, if you cannot return to your daily life, if your self-care, sleep and eating patterns do not become regular and your functionality does not increase over time, we recommend that you get professional support.
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