This is one of the more popular memes I share in our StrongerThanGroup Grief Recovery Group on Facebook - typically generating a good deal of response. It sounds pretty straightforward - right??!! A simple reminder... You're Not Crazy. You're Grieving.
The reality is... You're not crazy. You're not suffering from depression. You're not losing it. You're not broken. You're not a failure. You're not hopeless. You're not weak. You're not any of these things - nor a host of other deflating messages you may be telling yourself.
Simply put, you're grieving. Why is that an important distinction? Because there is no mystery as to what's going on with you... There is a clear-cut reason you have been struggling to get a handle on things the way you have. And best of all, there are things you can learn and steps you can take to foster meaningful changes in your life. There are proven grief recovery tools that you can learn and implement to commence to get back to you.
You might be thinking... But what if I feel some of those other ways? Crazy, consumed with depression or broken with nowhere to turn... As it turns out, our feelings originate solely from our thoughts. So... If you begin giving yourself different messages, and most definitely don't buy-in to unhelpful messages from others - before you know it, you'll cease feeling that way.
It's important that you remember... One of, if not, the most important loved ones in your life has unceremoniously and mercilessly ripped out of your life - and it hurts. You are grieving. And you are more than justified for missing, mourning, struggling and being as out of sorts as you are. Don't ever forget that...
And when you are ready to find your way back to you and some semblance of the life you knew, there's a way. It is by no way as helpless as it feels. Don't ever forget that either...
You aren't crazy. Got it??!!
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