Coping With Grief

Welcome back to the blog! Good morning everyone. Today I wanted to tackle the subject of dealing with grief. If you're new here I will give you a brief update on why I decided to write about coping with grief. In May of this year my mom was moved into hospice care. Unfortunately my dad was not able to handle the thought of losing her and he passed six days after she was moved into hospice. Needless to say I have been having a really hard time emotionally these last few months. 

How to Cope with Grief 

I'm going to be completely honest here and tell you right off the bat, I'm not sure I am coping. Don't get me wrong ,I can't tell you how many times I have completely and utterly broken down over the last few months. I will be doing pretty good and then I will hear one of my dad's favorite songs, come across his favorite episode of a TV show, or even picking up a book to read ( he was the one that turned me into a bookworm) and it all comes rushing back to the day I walked into his house and found him. 

Several people who have lost a loved one tell me it gets easier with time and other people tell me it doesn't. 

My Coping Mechanisms

Meditation 

Meditation has always been a good way for me to get in the right headspace and control my emotions. I actually started a Podcast and a new website to try to help others that are looking for peace and clarity not only in dealing with grief but in their day to day life.

Retail Therapy 

I know it's not a good form of therapy and I probably could use some therapy to overcome my retail therapy. 

Unfortunately retail therapy was really not in the budget with everything that was going on. A few days ago I learned from an Instagram reel that you can make a wishlist on Amazon.   I literally had no idea this was even a thing. After talking to people I have discovered I'm pretty much the only person in the world that didn't know this. 

Anyhoo , I started making my wishlist. It has food and such on it but it also has things I would love to have. 

Simply making that wishlist has helped so much even though I'm not actually buying anything.

Walking 

I also took up a daily habit of walking one - two miles everyday by myself. It was my way of getting out of my head and being overwhelmed by everything because I had to focus on my environment for safety reasons. This worked great for about two and half months. Then 1/2 mile from home my Achilles tendon snapped in my right foot. Yep, it took me forever to get back home and by the time I reached the front door I went down. So I have decided a walking pad for the house might be a better idea since I'm still sporting an air cast. 

Do you have any advice on dealing with grief? Let me know in the comments.