Myths About The Grieving Process
Grief is mysterious and it’s not something you want anyone to have to go through. However, it’s something that everyone is going to go through at some point in their life. Life ends as death, it’s that simple. You are going to lose someone close to you and that will throw you into the grieving process. No matter how many times you go through grief, it’s going to be unique. The cremation services will be a part of the process, but the grief will start before those services and they will continue after. Here are some of the myths that will help you understand the real deal in relation to the grieving process.
1-Grief Is Always The Same
Have you heard about the five stages of grief? Most people have, but there’s not a standard way of moving through those stages. Grief is unique each and every time, even if you have been through it before, this time, it could be different. You might get stuck in one stage or you might skip a stage entirely. Yes, there are stages that you might be able to identify, but there’s no set way of moving through those stages.
2-Memorializing Means Living In The Past
When you talk about your loved one, it feels good to go over those memories. You need people in your life who will listen and appreciate the memories you have as something you are keeping alive for your loved one to honor them. If someone tells you that memorializing your loved one is your way of living in the past, that’s just not a very kind thing to say and it’s wrong as well. You can’t bring too much honor to someone through memorialization. You need to do what feels good to you and if that means memorializing your loved one to find a new normal for your life, then that’s what you should do.
3-Time Heals Everything
This is a myth that is based in truth and that’s what makes it so confusing. When you have a cremation service for a loved one, you will be grieving and that makes the situation very hard. With time, you are not going to ‘get over’ the fact that your loved one has passed on. Instead, time will help you to feel better. You will find a way to move forward and you will start to feel better. You will never be healed, but you will start to feel better as time passes. If, for some reason, things feel worse instead of better as you move ahead, you might want grief counseling to help yourself turn things around.
4-Grief Isn’t Forever
Just like with time, grieving is something that is going to stick around. You are going to want to remember that grief can come and go and that it is something you will carry with you, not something you will get rid of. When you have cremation services for a loved one, the grief will lessen, but that person won’t come back and grief is here to stay, in some form or another.
