You know you are getting better in grief when:
- You move from survival mode to beginning to return to your life and hope for the future.
- You quit letting grief just happen to you and decide to take a more proactive stance in how you mourn.
- You move from anger, frustration and irritability toward adapting to your new reality.
- Thoughts about your loved one bring you more comfort than sadness.
- You not only accept help from others but you begin reaching out to others in grief or crisis.
- You begin to see your grief and mourning as a way to honor your loved one’s life and to express your continuing love for them.
- You move from constant emotional turmoil and being negative to enjoying life once again and being positive.
- You understand you hurt yourself by dwelling on the past and all of your regrets and guilt about your relationship…
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