Survive the loss. Part 2.

Reconciliation and emotional farewell. Loss is easier for Christians: hope through grief.

Ksenia Tereza Tarnavska, analytically oriented psychologist, candidate of psychotherapists, co-founder of the “Tree of My Life” project.

“Lady in Black”: what if you allow yourself anger, bargaining and depression?
We are close to the person who is experiencing a loss. What’s next? After the first stage of shock, the path of living the loss continues.

Here you can already distribute responsibilities, the emphasis is on the person who is grieving. It is necessary to understand that this is the path of a person who is grieving. The stages of grieving: anger, depression, bargaining – must be passed through in order to adapt to the loss. You cannot ignore them. A person who is grieving must realize that this is normal. Anger, feeling angry is normal. What does “anger” and “bargaining” mean in the grieving stage? Why should you afford them? What’s the point?

“Adaptation” to the loss of a person lasts for about a year: we live all days of the year without this person, and we have to plan how we will live this time.
How does prayer help?

Don’t be ashamed to ask for help! Conversations with loved ones, relatives, friends, priests, spiritual persons, psychologists – it is worth opening up for help. Faith helps to survive losses.

Source – Veritas