What is grief of growth? Signs we should know about

Grief is a personal feeling. Often grief cannot be expressed in words, it can be due to a lot of things – estrangement, death, or sometimes, absence of a person. Grief is extremely strong, and it can creep into our mind and heart and affect our emotional health. "With any change (even the one we welcome) comes grief.

We will grieve the childhoods we had (or didn’t) as we mend and air out the wounds. We will grieve the old stories, identities and relationships we needed to shed in order to create space for the new. We will grieve the unhelpful all too familiar coping mechanisms that often became our only friends.

We will grieve the plans and future we had envisioned that will no longer be. We will grieve. And we will grow," wrote Therapist Maria G Sosa. What is grief of growth? Signs we should know about(Unsplash) Here are a few signs of grief of growth: Wrap up the year gone by & gear up for 2024 with HT! Click here ALSO READ: What does healing look like, in unruly and unpredictable grief? We're now on WhatsApp.

Click to join View this post on Instagram A post shared by Maria G. Sosa Therapist (@holisticallygrace) Difficulty in connecting : In childhood, we connected with our family members and friends very easily. But with time, as we grew apart, connecting back with them and sharing intimate details about our lives became very difficult.

This distance and the pain of watching our near ones go far from us can be heavy. Feeling lost : Between the zone of who we are and the zone of who we want to be, there lies a grey space which can be very confusing to be in. In that space, we often feel lost. We are unable to go back in time, and the feeling of not going forward makes us feel helpless.

Experiencing loneliness : Grief of growth also brings with it thick loneliness. People who become strangers. Decisions that change lives and relationships and misunderstandings can make us feel extremely lonely. Missing parts of ourselves : We all shed parts of our personalities and characters as we embark on the journey of achieving more.

Yet, we miss those parts that bind us to home and made us feel as if we belonged somewhere. Guilty of success : When we achieve a lot of things in life and look back and feel that the family members have not been able to achieve that much, it can make us feel guilty about our accomplishments. Catch your daily dose of Fashion , Health , Festivals , Travel , Relationship , Recipe and all the other Latest Lifestyle News on Hindustan Times Website and APPs SHARE THIS ARTICLE ON Share this article Read this news in brief form Share Via Copy Link ABOUT THE AUTHOR Tapatrisha Das Tapatrisha is Content Producer with Hindustan Times.

She covers stories related to health, relationships, and fashion. ...view detail Mental Health Lets Talk About Mental Health Grief.