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Grief Expert Answers Your Questions about Grief and Loss

Therapy in a Nutshell

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The Cost of Grief After a Loss

Grief is perceived as a threat to the nervous system. When emotions are overwhelming, your body has another layer down in the nervous system that's the freeze response. That could be for a variety of reasons. It may be that I just am not yet ready or able to deal with the loss. And so I have just shut it down. The numbing response is one way the body responds to overwhelm.

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