Welcome to The Grief Observatory
Grief affects everyone, and yet until it comes crashing into our own lives we often want to remain in blissful ignorance of its existence. One of the most frequent things that was said to me after my daughter’s death was “I can’t imagine what you’re going through.”
I started writing about grief to help myself understand what was happening to me, and I shared my writing to help others understand too. I can’t help but think that we’d all be a lot better at dealing with grief, whether our own, or the grief of those we know, if we all understood a bit more about how grief affects us, our brains, our bodies, our emotions and every aspect of our scary new lives without someone we love.
Let’s be honest, even in the midst of early grief, society encourages us to bury our feelings deep down inside, put on a happy face and get back to our normal life as quickly as we can. I don’t believe this approach works, and in this newsletter I explore some alternatives.
Grief - “The normal response to a major loss, such as the death of a loved one”
Observatory - “A place given over to or equipped for observation of natural phenomena”
I’m not claiming to be any kind of grief expert. I’m just approaching it with compassionate curiosity, learning as much as I can and inviting you to join me as I share my personal observations, as well as the reading and research that shapes them.
