Symptoms of Grief and How to Resolve Them Naturally

Some typical symptoms of grief which normally occur immediately after a grief can include either crying (which may be hysterical or bordering on hysterical) or an emotional numbness.

Every individual is just that. Individual. So everyone will experience grief in a different way. So the weeping may not last very long. It may give way to your own particular weakness, be that a headache, the development of twitches or chorea or in women, the periods can suddenly stop.

Your unique symptoms are only going to mean something to you (and to homeopaths). So you need to be aware of when they started.

Apart from these very personal symptoms, you may also experience a lump in your throat. This will be an emotional lump, rather than a physical one you can see. But it will feel very physical.

Another symptom of grief, which you are unlikely to notice, is a sighing. We never notice that in ourselves, but others around you will. Ask them. Sighing is a very common symptom of unrelieved grief.

Humans are very good at ‘swallowing’ our grief, because it has become unacceptable to cry in public. Why? If it’s uncomfortable for others, that’s their problem. It certainly isn’t harming them. And it certainly isn’t a sign of weakness.

However, because of that, we do tend to suppress our grief. By swallowing it, the symptoms of grief tend to be focused on your throat – the lump, the sighing. And also you may experience spasms of coughing which are not related to any respiratory problem. Again, it’s an emotional symptom.

All these symptoms perfectly match the homeopathic medicine Ignatia. So if your symptoms of grief are a good match to those listed, then Ignatia is likely to be very helpful.

By learning to express your grief, you will let it go naturally. This is the healthiest option. The alternative is to accumulate deeply buried grief, which must resurface eventually.