What You Might Experience

When experiencing a loss, it is natural that many people might suffer one or more of the following: - Tightness in the throat or heaviness in the chest - Thumping, erratic heart beats and very aware of all heart actions - Empty feelings inside your stomach and loss or gain in appetite - Have pain or nausea in your stomach - Feeling restless and looking for activity -Difficulty concentrating -Feel as if you are “zoning” in and out - Feel as though the loss isn't real, that it didn't really happen, this is just a bad dream - Feel dizzy or light headed often - Seeing or feeling the presence of the person you lost, hearing their laughter or their crying, seeing their faces - Headaches -Starting but not following through with things -Difficulty sleeping or sleeping too much -Dreams of the loved one -Feeling guilty or angry over what happened, that it was them and not you