The holidays come with expectations. Be grateful. Be cheerful. Be okay. You might not be. You might feel sad one moment and ...

Joan Didion, author of "The Year of Magical Thinking," speaks at the College of Marin in Kentfield, California in February, 1977. Grief is a profound and complicated experience. The process of grief ...

Physical symptoms are a natural part of the grieving process. The symptoms can include difficulty sleeping, loss of appetite, and tiredness. People who are grieving may also have a temporarily higher ...

Ambiguous grief is the experience of loss without closure, often prolonged and rarely fully recognized by society. Grief is a natural response to loss, often associated with death. However, there is ...

When we lose something we love, we mourn. That’s part of our nature. But what if guilt tinges the edges of your grief? Maybe that little voice inside whispers you shouldn’t grieve the loss of your job ...

In March 2025, users claimed actor, artist and comedian Jim Carrey — whose name often appears online as the attribution for various quotes — once said or wrote about grief being an "unraveling." The ...

Complicated grief is grief that lasts longer and is more intense than a culture may consider typical. It may disrupt someone’s daily life, alter their sense of identity, and cause frequent, strong ...

Coming to terms with feelings of loss and making sense of it can be a painful process. Grief is a common emotional and sometimes physical response that you feel when you experience loss after a ...

Grief is an inevitable part of life. It arrives unannounced, disrupts our routines and leaves us questioning how to move forward. In the corporate world—where deadlines, expectations and productivity ...

Four years after her husband’s death, a 68-year-old woman visits her doctor because she’s having trouble sleeping. While talking with her doctor, the woman reveals that she’s been sleeping on her ...