Acknowledge the griefAlthough anxiety is unpleasant, it can be easier to acknowledge anxiety than to acknowledge grief. That’s because there are two kinds of anxiety: productive anxiety and unproductive anxiety. In ambiguous grief, there’s a murkiness to the loss. We may have lost our sense of normalcy, but we can still stay present for the ordinary right in front of us. Let people experience loss in their own wayAlthough loss is universal, the ways in which we grieve are deeply personal.

Source: New York Times March 23, 2020 13:16 UTC