Grief Does Not Need Death
May 8, 2008 by Anna Farmery
Filed under Loneliness, Guilt & Depression
I was speaking to a friend who said “You know, I have not lost someone close to me yet, however I don’t think that you need to suffer a death to feel grief”
It made me think and the more we talked the more I agreed. Grief comes in many ways…
- Loss of a job
- Divorce or separation from your partner
- When your children leave home
- Redundancy of people around you
- Grief over large events such as Burma or the death of Princess Diana
- Surgery such as hysterectomy
As widows or widowers we can sometimes think that people who have not suffered a 
death, cannot relate to our feelings. That is wrong. Loss is loss….it may be easier to replace some of the losses but they still cause feelings of grief, depression and loneliness.
What do you think?
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