Grief allows us to come to some understanding, right, of our loss. Without it, i think we would be very much deprived of an ability to live a coherent life. Michael: If anyone listening is struggling with ther emotions or mental health, what would be your advice at this point? Well, i think it's important to appreciate that grief is by a large a natural and normal event,. Sometimes a person can grieve so intensely that their grief feels debilitating, or feels now so arduous that they feel like they can't survive it.