Uncertainty and change are the most common features of loss either sudden or on the horizon. We say we know we are all going to die at some point, but often we discover that in reality we are so unprepared to face the prospect for ourselves or those we care about, or even care less about. 

How someone dies also makes a difference how grief is experienced particularly when your person died by suicide.
People living with serious Illness also describe grief. They may have had timely successful treatment, yet still experience struggles with sleep, anxiety, fear of relapse. Some find managing ongoing impact to their memory, capacity and energy after treatment to be a shock that creates more sense of loss.  Survival can accompany a feeling of such profound change, that it is hard sometimes to reengage with life as it was or is. 

Supporters of those with serious illness and those grieving face their own challenges with sleep, anxiety, change of roles and responsibilities, managing people and processes, relationship difficulties. There can be additional difficulties in recognising your own needs and actively getting them met without guilt or stoicism that tramples self-compassion.

Meaningful Grief is the therapeutic home for private and funded support for people experiencing the impact of illness and loss.