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The physiology of grief

Grief has a physiology: it dysregulates the nervous system, floods the body with stress hormones, and can even cause physical pain—not as metaphor but as measurable reality. Knowing this helps you distinguish between the normal ache of loss and signs that you need additional support to process what your body is carrying.

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