Does anxiety or panic hit you out of the blue and stop you in your tracks?

Are you worried you’re going crazy or that there may be something physically wrong with you? Do you feel like the ground is crumbling beneath you?

You’ve been reaching out to friends and family, but as much as they may want to, they fall short in giving you the support you need. They offered support for a while, but now the phone has stopped ringing. Maybe they’re afraid to say the wrong thing. Or maybe they expect you to have moved on sooner than you’re able.

You’ve been trying to move on and just “let it go”, but the pain continues to sweep over you in waves. Sometimes the triggers are predictable, other times it’s a complete mystery. You find yourself snapping at loved ones or hiding out alone for days at time.

It’s natural to want to avoid the pain of loss and to try our best to run from it, but grief is a force that will not be ignored. The pain of losses will often bubble up in seemingly unrelated areas or cause us to react in ways that are completely unlike us. Grief is not a linear process, and is unique to each of us.

Talking with a therapist can help you begin to put words to your pain, to give it shape, to understand it, and to move through it. It takes courage to allow someone to see you here in the hurt, but by allowing a safe person to witness your grief, they will help you carry it.

If you’re aching from the loss of a person, relationship, or dream of the future, you may be ready to reach out for support. Please click below to schedule a free initial conversation.

“Grief turns out to be a place that none of us know until we reach it.”- Joan Didion