There’s no medicine for grief: so what do you do with it?
For physical pain, we have an entire pharmacopeia of medicine. But for deep emotional pain – we’ve got nothing. I know, I know, there are pharmaceuticals out there. Medications for various emotional states can be extremely useful in some situations, so I’m not dissing medication at all.
Just – for grief itself, there is no medicine that will fix things. For grief, you’re just supposed to…. deal with it. Even meditative and reflective tools aren’t always helpful. Grief is a different animal altogether. You just have to feel your pain.
Some things cannot be fixed. They can only be carried.
Watch this short video, then come on back and tell us how you’ve found the practice I describe: bearing witness to your own pain, as one of the only real medicines we’ve got.
For grief itself, there is no medicine that will fix things. Grief is a different animal altogether. You just have to feel your pain. Some things cannot be fixed. They can only be carried. Click To TweetOur videos are made possible by the amazing patrons of the Grief Revolution. Want to see videos and animations before anyone else? Patrons get the first look at everything we create AND get to vote on which topics get covered! And more! Join the Grief Revolution at patreon.com/megandevine/
How about you? Have you found ways to let your pain stretch out, to let it exist, to tend to yourself inside it? That’s so different from trying to get yourself out of it.
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