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: However, often don’t let themselves feel that grief, and instead push it aside and keep themselves busy in order to keep on ignoring it. What this does is: It causes grief to manifest physically (illness, declining health, lack of sleep, etc.) It leaves us out of control of our emotions. Often the grief will resurface and overwhelm us. It inhibits our healing process. Inhibited grieving can look like: Staying busy
Pushing emotions away
Isolating the self from anything that reminds you of the grief
Healing from grief can only happen when we acknowledge our grief. If a major life change or loss happens in your life and you feel yourself trying to restrict your grieving process, pushing away strong emotions, or trying to stay busy you may be inhibiting your grieving (& healing) process. Here’s how you can begin to intentionally work through your own grieving process without ignoring or restricting it: