GRIEVING LIKE A MAN – SHE CRIES, HE SIGHS
GRIEVING LIKE A MAN – SHE CRIES, HE SIGHS by Tim Heller, MSW/LCSW Everyday we lose children, wives, parents, extended family and significant others to death. Grief is the price we pay for loving others. Grief cannot be avoided. All people need to go through the grief /mourning process after the death of a loved one. If you try to run from grief, it will eventually find you. Avoidance of grief can result in the mourner turning to alcohol or drugs, over eating or possibly developing physical problems of their own. Men as well as women must face the death of the loved one so they can work through the feelings of loss and grief. Men and women share a number of similarities in the way they process their grief. Before anyone can become reconciled with the death of a family member or a friend, it is necessary to “go into” the grief and experience the feelings of loss. Research from recent years suggests men grieve differently than women. What does a grieving man do to “get over” his...