Grief & Loss Support Guide

I'm dealing with grief and loss and need help navigating this experience.

What happened: [DESCRIBE YOUR LOSS — DEATH, RELATIONSHIP, JOB, HEALTH, IDENTITY]
How long ago: [TIMEFRAME]

How I'm feeling right now: [DESCRIBE]
Support I have: [FAMILY / FRIENDS / THERAPIST / VERY LITTLE]

Provide:
1. **Validation**: Acknowledge what I'm going through without minimising or rushing me
2. **Grief Education**: Help me understand that grief isn't linear and what I'm feeling is normal
3. **Daily Survival Guide**: Practical things to do when just getting through the day is hard
4. **Self-Care Basics**: Eating, sleeping, and functioning when you don't feel like it
5. **Emotion Navigation**: How to sit with difficult feelings without being overwhelmed
6. **Boundaries**: Scripts for when people say unhelpful things ("everything happens for a reason")
7. **Memory Honouring**: Healthy ways to remember and honour what I've lost
8. **Return to Function**: Gentle guidance on returning to work and responsibilities
9. **When to Seek Help**: Signs that professional grief support would help
10. **Long-Term**: What grief looks like over months and years — and that it's okay

Tone: Deeply compassionate. Don't try to fix me or cheer me up. Just help me cope.

I'm dealing with grief and loss and need help navigating this experience.

What happened: [DESCRIBE YOUR LOSS — DEATH, RELATIONSHIP, JOB, HEALTH, IDENTITY]
How long ago: [TIMEFRAME]
How I'm feeling right now: [DESCRIBE]
Support I have: [FAMILY / FRIENDS / THERAPIST / VERY LITTLE]

Provide:
1. **Validation**: Acknowledge what I'm going through without minimising or rushing me
2. **Grief Education**: Help me understand that grief isn't linear and what I'm feeling is normal
3. **Daily Survival Guide**: Practical things to do when just getting through the day is hard
4. **Self-Care Basics**: Eating, sleeping, and functioning when you don't feel like it
5. **Emotion Navigation**: How to sit with difficult feelings without being overwhelmed
6. **Boundaries**: Scripts for when people say unhelpful things ("everything happens for a reason")
7. **Memory Honouring**: Healthy ways to remember and honour what I've lost
8. **Return to Function**: Gentle guidance on returning to work and responsibilities
9. **When to Seek Help**: Signs that professional grief support would help
10. **Long-Term**: What grief looks like over months and years — and that it's okay

Tone: Deeply compassionate. Don't try to fix me or cheer me up. Just help me cope.