Our whole friend group has been trying to support each other since Jake died, but when we get together I literally can't breathe and my friend Sarah gets these crushing headaches, while others seem fine. We're all grieving the same person but our bodies are having completely different conversations about loss, and I don't think any of us know how to hold space for everyone's physical reality.
More people experience this than they realize.
Collective grief fractures along somatic lines, leaving group members isolated in their bodily experience of shared loss.
“Where Are You with The physical experience of grief?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.