Title: Inhibit Grieving: The Dangers & How to Stop It | Empower Your Mind
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This week we are talking all about dialectical dilemmas & our topic is: inhibited grieving.
Inhibited grieving is just what it sounds like: grief that has been held back, restrained, or otherwise prevented from being fully experienced.
All that we inhibit when we block off grief is our own healing process.
Grief can come from any sort of change or loss: a divorce, loss of a pet, a move, a job change, etc.
Inhibited grieving can look like:
Here’s how you can begin to intentionally work through your own grieving process without ignoring or restricting it:
Acknowledge the loss:
Give yourself space to express your grief without shame:
Lean on your support system:
Where grief is fresh, any attempt to divert it only irritates.” -Samuel Johnson
Think different, do more, worry less.

Content: Today, I want you to think about how you feel when you don’t give yourself space to explore & work through big emotions like grief. Does the sadness really go away? Does it impact your physical health? Does it come back later and overwhelm you? When we restrain feelings of grief, we don’t actually move past them. Instead, we bury them within us, and carry them around. All that we inhibit when we block off grief is our own healing process. Do you feel a lack of control when previously inhibited grief comes back? Or when it manifests in your body, negatively affecting your health? Instead, imagine you had a process to work through your grief without shame.