Grief is experienced by the average human through many different avenues of expression; emotional, mental, physical and/or spiritual. The grief stricken may exhibit anger, anxiety, depression, despair, fear, insomnia, nausea, night sweats, weight loss, and/or weight gain, and on the list goes. For the specific individual these may be some of the normal symptoms they experience when faced with the grieving process. For other individuals they may not experience any of these symptoms of grief. Each experience loss in a different way; so do not judge another for how they grieve or for how long they grieve.
The person feeling and/or experiencing the loss will deal with it in their own private and particular way. They may cry, laugh, scream, sulk, or do nothing at all to show emotion, it’s up to them to grieve however they wish or wish not to grieve. Do not tell them to stop grieving and get on with their life. They must work through the loss and when ready they will emerge from their grief and continue on with their life. If you think its taking someone too long to get over their grief, the problem may be that ‘you’ have not truly come to terms with the person who died. You may not have liked them or you may not want to acknowledge that you had deeper feelings for them then you led others to believe. Examine your own true motives before trying to pressure someone else into reconnecting to their life path before they are truly ready.
If you truly wish to help the person caught up in grief, then be willing to help them
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