Daily Excerpt: Harnessing the Power of Grief (Potter) - The Experience of Grief and What It Might Be Like for You
Excerpt from Harnessing the Power of Grief (Potter): The Experience of Grief and What It Might be Like for You “I was just as crazy as you can be and still be at large. I didn’t have any really normal minutes during those two years. It wasn’t just grief. It was total confusion. I was nutty….” —Helen Hayes, Actress [ McNees ] [1] Your individual grief experiences will differ from others’ experiences and differ from your own past grief experiences. When you lose someone, your experience of the loss may surprise you. You might envision how you might feel, or what you might think, but you will not know how you are with the loss until it happens. The experience of grief includes general characteristics commonly experienced by everyone and personal characteristics that are particular to your own situation. Your personal characteristics will affect how you experience the more general characteristics. All these characteristics are interwoven...