Caring for Yourself While Grieving

• Be very gentle with yourself.

•  Accept the fact that you have an emotional wound, that it is disabling, and that it will take awhile before you are completely well.

• Treat yourself with the same care and affection that you would offer a good friend in a similar situation.

• Don’t take on many new responsibilities.

• Avoid situations in which you might overreact.

• Accept help and support when offered, but remember that care and compassion begin at home.

• Above all, don’t blame yourself for any “mistakes” (real or imagined) you may have made that brought you to this situation of loss.

• Let the healing process run its course – a time of convalescence is very important.

• Just follow your daily routine—and let yourself heal.