The Physical Symptoms Of Grief

After my father died i developed hashimotos and alopecia ie my immune system went haywire!

This video really triggered a soft spot in my heart. Unfortunately, my husband, 68, passed away on April 22nd, 2024 after 5 weeks of pure physical & emotional torture before he passed away 😢. Then, 4 months later, my Dad, 91, had passed away on August 14th, 2024. I'm still grieving deeply for both my husband & my Dad. I already suffer from multidiagnosed mental illness to begin with. So, losing both my husband & Dad makes my emotions are all over the place. I'm angry my husband left me to take care of paying all the bills, etc... alone. But, I also realize that I hated seeing him in so much pain. It's so hard. I do cry a lot 😢.

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Thank you.

I just lost my Mom November 8th 2024 and my Heart Really Does Hurt ' My Immune System is a Mess ' 🙏🏾🥲

Could deep grief, constant crying cause an auto immune condition???

Ah losses of memories and recall. That was scary. Now I feel bit better at least,

I'm a soul 100% disabled caregiver of 2 elderly parents who both ended up with different dementias for 8 horrific yrs. I cared for both ALONE. My only sibling committed suicide & I'm 60 & never had children. I married an older, wonderful man, thinking his family would be my family w/the grandkids. Yet after 21 years of me showing love & respect to ALL of them (even a few mean 1's, ONLY out of respect/love 4 MY sweet hubby, their father & grandpa), now MOST have deserted us & we are alone, as STILL best friends, soulmates & true loves. They did not help me ONCE over my 8 yrs of H*ll caring 4 both parents (tho' I was there 4 ALL of their needs, losses, funerals, gave cars, furniture, pd taxes 4 them, helped pay 4 private sxhooling, & it was ALL ME who suggested & did 95% of it ALL, yet only my hubby was thanked!). Worse, they all knew I had several disabilities! It broke my heart. We finally gave up on those who refused 2 apologize (after given yrs 2 do so) 4 horrific abuse, slander, & even wishing me dead!

Now I just lost BOTH PARENTS die (alone), & buried both (alone) on 11-1-24, went thru dad's bday (alone), had mom's bday (almost alone, cept hubby came thru & both roses & a cake!). Now Thxgiving, my 60th bday, & the 1 nice local daughter who visits 1/mo., husband we never see, & their teenage daughter said they r coming 2 our house 4 Thxgiving. How do I get thru this yet another 1st anniversary? No1 gets my SEVERE long-term grief (as w/dementia u grieve many yrs as they disappear!). But I watched both die horribly ALONE! Mom, 19 long last hrs - ALONE! I'm still lost, unable 2 cope, & my parents had an old, complicated Trust & the atty who was helping me get 2 last things done b4 12-31-24 just announced he has a new job w/the DA! I sleep a lot..& now my older hubby's having health probs, maybe cancer, is on 2nd pacemaker, & I can't live w/o him! I'm scared 2 death!!

My heart has been broken since the day after my brother passed last month.

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My significant other went to hospital 1 1/2 weeks ago very sick and unresponsive and died 3 days ago. I get 4 hours sleep, eat only 1000 calories a day, constant stomache pain, ugly crying daily, horrible headaches, brain fog. My chest hurts, I get out of breath. Always had 110/70 blood pressure now’s it’s 150/93 daily. I’m also having dissociation and strong anxiety and confusion about what to do next. The support is drying up and I’m still in free fall. Now the anger symptoms are coming up wanting my baby back. Sometimes I think I want to die too. Then guilt gnaws at me, reliving our whole life trying to find any moment I could have fixed this. I’ve been through traumas and heartbreak but never anything like this. I feel like I’ve been hit by a train and dragged 100 miles. My body is so exhausted.

Broken heart syndrome (Takotsubo cardiomyopathy) is showing to not be temporary and that a second one is possible, also an increase in possibility of sudden death.

My wife passed away 7 mos ago at 41. Since then My knee pain and arthritis is not going away until now. I cannot hardly walk because the pain keeps going back after the other was gone.

When my little girl died suddenly I felt like I’d been eviscerated. I was walking around for weeks just holding my abdomen because it physically felt like it had been removed. Every morning when I woke up after it happened, it would all hit me and I’d get up and vomit. It was like a sick joke mimicking morning sickness. All food tasted of ashes, it was hard to swallow any food. And cups, I remember cups of tea weighing a ton. Grief physically takes you out in so many ways.

I had allergies my whole life. Three months after my grandmother died, I had my first asthma attack at 15, and it has never left. She was like my mom and I can’t wait for the rapture soon, after 41 years of waiting, I’m gonna see her any day now. ❤

My beloved husband died two months ago.
I am desolate.

Diolch yn fawr. Cafodd ei fy mrawd wedi marw 4 Medi. :( Roedd o'n dim ond 43.

I let myself cry openly

After watching this video, everything made sense. Since I lost my daughter, life hasn't been the same. It can only be God that is sustaining me.

Dealing with grief now because of my father and family betraying me. He loves gaslighting my reality turning people against me he's very greedy, neglectful, has many double standards.

I am dealing with grief now plus another broken heart 😭💔getting betrayed by family and friends this hurts. My father loves gaslighting my reality and betraying his son he says since his roommate is a deadbeat he sees nothing wrong with that plus he's a manipulative control freak full of double standards plus he's very greedy and two faced loves triangulating people etc.

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I'm a journalist who went through and is going through grief after a break up in my partner having an affair. In my grief what I wanted most to abate it was to be a piece with my former partner and to continue to share the community that we both loved and I introduced her to. But she wanted none of that only exacerbating my grief.


Sadly in domestic situatiand breakups where divorces grief can be misconstrued as something dangerous or malicious. And my ex who is extremely hostile to me at the point of breakup I now know has weaponized my grief against me and treated it as something malignant and dangerous. In Canada the courts increasingly view grief and equated with rage. Those are completely different things. and I had no rage whatsoever I just had despair and shock.


I hope you are getting thru your despair. I think people can understand how incredibly painful grief can be in so many ways. I lost 40 pounds, I lost bone mass, My memory and other cognitive abilities decayed. I lost friends and community! And that only compounded the grief.

Truly hope you are doing better somehow.

My father just passed away he was my greatest love, my guardian angel here on earth. When I look at his pictures and realize I won’t see him for the rest of my life. I feel so much pain and I don’t want to believe he’s passed. Life is cruel.

My father just passed away he was my greatest love, my guardian angel here on earth. When I look at his pictures and realize I won’t see him for the rest of my life. I feel so much pain and I don’t want to believe he’s passed. Life is cruel.

My sister passed 2 months ago. I'm 73, she was in her mid 60s.
I know that grief from loss of children is the worst, but a siblings (you were close with) hits hard.

I lost my teenaged daughter to suicide last year. The trauma and grief have had overwhelming physical manifestations that affect me to this day. Dulled senses, body aches, lack of appetite, insomnia...grief can feel like a disease at times.

I hope anyone reading this who has also suffered a great loss finds some peace in this life.

My dad tried to kill my mom, strangled, I saved her life then he came after me. I was 10. He shot him self in front of me…I was mute for 3 years..too much to say I’m 54, 4 years ago I found my fiancée dead on the bath room floor. My step dad and my mama died this year. I dropped everything and went to take care of them pop died Feb 14, mama died April 25th. I don’t know what to do

My two cats are helping me with the grief of losing my husband. They are grieving too. Animals are the best therapy.

My cat has been missing for over 2 weeks. I lost 6 pounds from not wanting to eat. Only thing I want to do is sleep, so I don't have to think about my loss.

Heaven for me is a real place only natural to want to go and see my daughter there, who wouldn,t, thats why I cry I miss her more than words can say, I am not moving on, maybe going forward, but please be kind to people we are all heartbroken or suffering. 😢😢😢

Why is this so hard to deal with why would God put me through this someone help me understand I know he has a plan but it’s been 8 months and I still cry myself to sleep

Grief absolutely sucks 😢

I wish my therapists would have been able to explain this the way she did flawlessly. Instead of just asking me “how does that make you feel”






I may have made a joke about my therapist but therapy is important regardless and can always help with many things.

Hi we lost our daughter Lydia ,who took her own life, then our son Matthew who took an unknown drug and never woke up again. My wife and i were in a state of deep state of grief. The a third tragedy, My wife was diagnosed with MND and passed away within 2 years. Could the MND be caused by her grief ! Incidentaly i but about 5 stone in weight on ! How do you think i felt ?

My wife died recently and I find life very difficult

Always my stomach even when I was a toddler same thing different type of loss then.

Having a hard time with the most recent loss there was a lot of stuff I still wanted to do and still needed to get to know my mom it's strange. I don't know if any of the things I wanted to do would have ever happened.

My soul mate, who was also my best friend - he and i had a rare bond, and closeness, and could share "anything". He died next to me from a heart attack, at first i didnt know what was happening, then rang 000. Im doing okay as it was 8 years ago, but it never leaves you, it just gets easier to deal with.. now my parents who are my rock are very frail.

Eating is a problem sleeping too, my head feels fuzzy all the time

I experienced a loss very recently. I lost about 9 lbs and getting canker sores. Trying to take supplements but I can't eat I usually drink protein shake.

Breathe while crying. Do NOT hold your breath. Nice deep breath. In and out.

Did you train with the BACP ? What do you think of no BACP diploma in counselling such as Chrysalis? I am going to be starting my level 4 Diploma in the autumn but I cannot decide on what course to take . I do not think it is the institute that makes you a good counsellor but more how much emotional "stuff" one has worked on . I do understand that employees might prefer the BACP qualifications but I believe I can sell myself whatever qualification I have .

I do not agree that grief never leaves but i do think life is a series of hellos and goodbyes which require grieving. The intensity of grief varies depending on the loss but it gives life its meaning and is necessary to become whole .

My Dad died in December 2023. He was 94 and it was expected. However the fact he was 94 doesn’t seem to make any difference. I should be dealing with this better but I’m struggling. I have anxiety/depression long standing diagnosis anyway. My wife also has advanced liver cirrhosis. I’m finding it very difficult to cope and don’t know what to do 😢

Thank you for sharing this, as a 77 Year old I lost my dearest Wife to Metastatic Cancer after 54 Years of wonderful Marriage in 2022 and the Grief I feel is sometimes almost too much to bear. Although I'm an Atheist or Humanist I do talk to her every Day, I was so lucky to have met and shared my Life with her, she was worth a 1000 of me.

My heart is completely broken after losing my young mum😢

I have just lost my son I am finding it hard to cope x

I always told my son when he was young/ teenager, its ok for males to cry its not a sign of weakness or unmanleness. Crying is is emoitonal expression sometimes when you just cant find the words , crying is a form of healing.