Coping with Grief

How Do I Know When I Am Healing?

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for friends and family of the bereaved

Healing from grief can be a long, drawn out process. Grief requires the passage of time to re-adjust to the feelings of loss. In the beginning we may have wondered if we will ever get through it. As months went by we may have felt as if we're not healing. However, healing is happening, and we are learning to survive the loss.

Healing occurs over time. The pain of grief forces us to feel our pain, adjust to our losses and find new meaning to our lives. How do we know when we are healing?

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  1. We know we are healing when we can remember and talk about our baby without as much emotional pain.
  2. We know we are healing when we can experience the full range of human emotions once more.
  3. We know we are healing when we can begin to reinvest our emotional surpluses.
  4. We know we are healing when good days begin to outweigh bad days.
  5. We know we are healing when we can begin to carry out the routine of our daily lives in an effective and comfortable manner.
  6. We know we are healing when we can learn from our experiences.

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