Getting Past The Hurt
Emotional rebuilding can usually begin once a person has worked through the hurt, pain and anger involved in his/her loss.
 Grief recovery offers several freedoms. Grief is unique and its sufferers should have the right to talk about it openly; to feel a multitude of emotions, (numbness, grief attacks and memory embraces) and to be tolerant of their physical and emotional limits. All these feelings and emotions should be allowed without guilt or repression.
A support system of family and friends is important. It provides the opportunity to share memories and make use of rituals such as lighting candles, developing a scrapbook or creating a memory box.
The final step is adjusting to an environment in which the deceased person is missing. Reorganization, adjusting to new patterns and developing new goals begins to take place. Even though these changes are occurring it is okay to retain the memories of love, joys,
sorrows, and appreciation.
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