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What are the symptoms of grief?

Grief can affect every aspect of your being — your mind, body and spirit.

Emotional symptoms

People who are grieving often describe emotions as “coming in waves.” It may feel as if emotions wash over you without warning. One minute, life may feel as if it were back to normal, and the next, you may find yourself in tears. Grief causes people to experience the entire spectrum of emotions — from sadness to anger to joy. You may sometimes feel detached from your emotions and operate as if you were on autopilot.

You may experience confusing and conflicting emotions, too, such as:

• Sadness that a loved one’s gone but relief that they’re at peace.
• Yearning for a spouse after a divorce but also excitement that you get another shot at love.
• Guilt for feeling grateful that you no longer have to provide exhausting around-the-clock care for a dying relative.
• Competing feelings of apathy, anger, sadness and regret as you grieve the loss of a friend or family member with whom you had a strained or hostile relationship.

There are no right or wrong emotions when it comes to grief. It’s essential to acknowledge and feel them to heal.

Physical symptoms

Loss is an extreme stressor that can take a major physical toll on your body. Grief can overwork your nervous system. It can cause a weakened immune system that makes it easier for you to get sick.

Symptoms include:

• Fatigue.
• Headaches.
• Nausea.
• Restlessness.
• Upset stomach.
• Heart palpitations.
• Weak muscles or joint pain.
• Tightness in your chest or throat.
• Having reduced or increased appetite.
• Trouble sleeping (insomnia) or sleeping too much.

Behavioral changes

Grief can make it hard to concentrate or complete tasks. Symptoms include:

• Confusion.
• Trouble thinking or making decisions.
• Feeling as if you’ve lost a sense of hope or direction.
• Difficulty focusing on anything other than your loss.
• Difficulty remembering or keeping track of your responsibilities.

Complications of grief

In real-time, all grief is complex. In certain circumstances; however, grief can evolve into something even more complex — complicated or prolonged grief. Complicated or prolonged grief often involves especially challenging circumstances or extreme symptoms that interfere with daily life over a long period.

Complicated grief can stem from any of the types of grief. It can be made even more difficult by things like:

• Absent grief.When you don’t show any outward signs of grief. Sometimes, you may not exhibit signs of grief because you’re frozen in denial. Other times, a person who may not appear to be grieving is privately working through complex emotions others can’t see.
• Ambiguous loss. When there’s a lack of closure around a loss. For example, it may be especially difficult to move through grief when a loved one is presumed dead, but their body isn’t found. Ambiguous loss also includes grieving a loved one who’s still alive but feels out of reach (as with someone incarcerated or deported). You may grieve changes that create psychological distance from a loved one, as with dementia or Alzheimer’s disease.
• Disenfranchised grief. When society doesn’t consider a loss worthy of grief. Grieving can feel especially isolating when others signal that your grief isn’t valid. Examples include the death of a pet or the loss of a same-sex partner. Disenfranchised grief also involves deaths that society considers taboo, like deaths from suicide or drug overdose.
• Traumatic grief. When you’re processing a loss and trauma at the same time. Traumatic grief involves losses that happen under horrific, unpredictable circumstances. Natural disasters, accidents and violent deaths can all lead to trauma or even post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) that you’ll need to process and seek treatment for alongside grief.

Grief can be considered complicated or prolonged when even a year after the loss you:

• Feel as if a part of yourself is lost or has died.
• Don’t believe that the death or loss has occurred.
• Avoid reminders of the death or loss.
• Experience intense emotional pain relating to the loss that interferes with daily living.
• Feel emotionally numb, lonely or as if your life doesn’t have meaning or purpose.
• Find it difficult to live life, make plans with friends, participate in activities you enjoy or make decisions for the future.