Sorrow, Grief & Stress

Genuine sorrow and grief are stressful and should be considered to be normal emotional responses that need to be dealt with appropriately.  Avoid hiding from grief with drink, pills or similar means.  Do not be embarrassed to seek outside help as needed. 

Think of grief as a more intense form of sorrow.  Grieving is a process that needs to be worked through.  Suppressing grief is often only a delaying tactic that yields poor results.  Hiding from life behind extended grieving is not working through it.

Grief From Co-Dependency, etc.

A personal loss when you have independent strength is bad enough, but losing a person that carried your responsibilities for you can be devastating.  Then it is too easy to hide from your fears behind grieving instead of facing the reality that you need to quickly learn how to become self-sufficient—a move that overcomes fears.  Look around at the people that you know who have and are making tragic mistakes with others instead of learning how to take their own responsibilities.  That behavior is a recipe for concentrated stress soup. (See Starting Over page.)

If you are caught in co-dependency, start improving your ability to carry your own responsibilities.  Do not rest until you are in a continuing process of gaining personal control for yourself.  Resist your doubts and fears and make personal progress happen.  This is the same advice that you would give to those you care about that are in need.  Take the responsibility that you would have them take.  In time, personal development can be most rewarding and become a comfortable process.

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