“Grief is not just a series of events, stages, or timelines. Our society places enormous pressure on us to get over loss, to get through grief. But how long do you grieve for a husband of fifty years, a teenager killed in a car accident, a four-year-old child: a year? Five years? Forever? The loss happens in time, in fact in a moment, but its aftermath lasts a lifetime.” YearsChildrenLongMomentsFactsHappensLastsLossGriefForeverFiveFourStageCarEventsHusbandPressureSeriesLifetimeAccidentsEnormousTeenagerGrievingFive YearsFiftyOur SocietyFour YearsGet OverAftermathCar AccidentTimelines Author:Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
“There is an art to grieving. To grieve well the loss of anyone or anything--a parent, a love, a child, an era, a home, a job--is a creative act. It takes attention and patience and courage. But many of us do not know how to grieve. We were never taught, and we don't see examples of full-bodied grieving around us. Our culture favors the fast-food model of mourning--get over it quick and get back to work; affix the bandage of "closure" and move on.” KnowsWellsChildrenArtHomeJobsMovingCultureParentLossAttentionKnow HowCreativeExampleTaughtModelsFavorsErasGrievingMourningOver ItGet BackGet OverFast FoodClosureBack To WorkBandages Author:Elizabeth Lesser
“Whatever you do to recover from a loss, people will be critical because they believe that the only way to recover is their way. And you will even run into some people who should be run into by rhinos because they actually don't want to see you get over your tragedy at all; grief is a spectator sport for them.” PeopleWayWantShouldBelieveRunningSportsLossGriefTragedyCriticalOver YouGet OverSpectatorsWant To See YouInsensitivityRhinos Author:Joan Rivers
“Sometimes we must undergo hardships, breakups, and narcissistic wounds, which shatter the flattering image that we had of ourselves, in order to discover two truths: that we are not who we thought we were; and that the loss of a cherished pleasure is not necessarily the loss of true happiness and well-being.” WellsTwoSometimesHappinessOrderLossPleasureWoundsWell BeingBreakupHardshipGet OverTrue HappinessNarcissisticFlattering Author:Jean Leloup
“The loss of a loved one is by far the worst thing most people ever go through. Does anyone ever get over the death of someone close? Doubtful. The best anyone can do is come to terms with the loss, find peace and comfort, and maybe eventually inspiration in having known the loved one.” PeopleInspirationalDoeInspirationTermCan DoLossKnownWorstComfortLoved OnesWorst ThingsGet OverFinding PeaceDoubtfulLoss Of A Loved One Author:Randi Reisfeld
“You will lose someone you can’t live without,and your heart will be badly broken, and the bad news is that you never completely get over the loss of your beloved. But this is also the good news. They live forever in your broken heart that doesn’t seal back up. And you come through. It’s like having a broken leg that never heals perfectly—that still hurts when the weather gets cold, but you learn to dance with the limp.” HeartStillsLosesHurtLossGriefForeverBrokenColdNewsLegsHealWeatherRecoveryBelovedGrievingPetGrief And LossGet OverGood NewsBereavementCopingSealsLive ForeverBad NewsGrief And HealingLove And LossGriefingLosing SomeonePet LossLoss Of A Loved OneGrief LossLove LossLoss Loved One InspirationalGrief HealingInspirational GriefMourning Loss Loved OneGrieving InspirationalHealing From LossBroken LegGrief And Loss InspirationalGrieving A LossLost SomeoneMemory Of Someone Author:Anne Lamott
“You’ll get over it…” It’s the clichés that cause the trouble. To lose someone you love is to alter your life for ever. You don’t get over it because ‘it” is the person you loved. The pain stops, there are new people, but the gap never closes. How could it? The particularness of someone who mattered enough to grieve over is not made anodyne by death. This hole in my heart is in the shape of you and no-one else can fit it. Why would I want them to?” PeopleWantLoveHeartPersonsMadeEnoughPainCausesLosesLossLove IsTroubleLove YouMy HeartFitShapesHolesGrievingOver ItGapsPregnancyGet OverSomeone You LoveHole In My Heart Author:Jeanette Winterson
“I know now that we never get over great losses; we absorb them, and they carve us into different, often kinder, creatures.” KnowsDifferentLossCreaturesRecoveryGet OverKinderGreat Loss Book:Let's Take the Long Way Home: A Memoir of Friendship Source: Let's Take the Long Way Home: A Memoir of Friendship