Since my mom died, my body feels like it weighs a thousand pounds and I can barely get out of bed, but my wife keeps trying to get me to exercise and eat better and I know she's scared but I can't explain that grief feels like drowning from the inside. We're both trying to help but we're speaking completely different languages about what my body needs right now.
More people experience this than they realize.
One partner's embodied grief feels incomprehensible to the other, creating a cycle of mismatched care attempts.
“Where Are You with The physical experience of grief?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.