Her Time Therapy Blog

On the day my mom passed away, there is one thing I remember my partner doing that helped me more than anything, and it was so incredibly simple. That whole day, it felt like there was an anvil on my chest. He may have said something wise to me. I honestly cannot tell you what, because acute grief is so shocking that most of that day never recorded.

Oftentimes when we think of grief, images of death and dying immediately come to mind. However, experiencing grief isn’t limited to losing someone we love when their life comes to an end. Grief comes in many forms—some more recognized as warranting a full grieving process than others—but regardless of what anyone else thinks, grief is always real for the person experiencing it. At a Glance: Ambiguous Grief Ambiguous grief is grief for a loss that has no clear ending or closur