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How Can a Vision Board Assist in Grief
Recovery - 5 Ways to Process Grief
By Darlene Siddons
Grieving is a personal thing and it doesn't matter what
you are grieving about, it could be the loss of a
spouse, a relationship, a pet, a parent, a child,
retirement, moving, financial and health issues; no
matter what it is, grief recovery is a personal journey
with many questions.
Grief recovery is the journey we take from the
devastating effects of grief, you know your life has
been affected by the loss and many times you just don't
know what to do to heal yourself and deal with the
emotions your are experiencing. Grief is a normal and
natural reaction to loss; and you want to be sure and
not put off your grief recovery work, as that could be
potentially dangerous. Unresolved grief is the cause of
much discomfort and can tend to create the feelings of
not being in the moment and dealing with the grief as
the feelings come up. Grief recovery and/or loss are
accomplished by a series of small and definite choices
made by the griever.
There are five things that are very beneficial for
someone faced with grief recovery, they can all be done
and used on a regular basis; or you can pick out the
ones that seem to resonate with you the best:
Grief Recovery Support Group
Vision Map Video
Books, Poems, Affirmations
Guided Imagery
Counseling
Simply defined, grief is the normal and natural reaction
to significant emotional loss of any kind, it is normal
and natural but many of the ideas we have been taught
about dealing with grief just don't seem to help us thru
the pain and the suffering. Even though grief is an
emotional response to loss, it seems the information we
have acquired about dealing with loss is intellectual;
which brings up the fact that the emotions related to
grief are as varied as there are people and
personalities.
Vision Boards, which can also be called Vision Maps, are
a great tool to use as a visualization tool to map the
way you want your "new" life to look. Now there are
Vision Map Videos, which can be watched on a daily basis
and can be more private than a vision board that is out
there for all to see. They can be viewed in private on a
computer, blackberry, palm pilot and any of the other
electrical devices that are out there.
An important part of grief recover is support groups;
this is where you can find help and healing with others
that are in the same situation of dealing with loss.
Groups support the journey of renewal after the loss and
offer the opportunity to meet with others to begin to
understand the grief; to rebuild ones life and helps the
grieving person move from pain to healing.
While there are isn't a wrong or right way to grieve,
support groups offer comfort until you can handle the
grief by yourself and it helps individuals to learn to
cope and live with their loss and trauma, to move
forward with their life. |
