About this episode

This episode discusses the emotional challenges grieving parents face after child loss, including identity loss and emotional detachment.

Grief can make you feel like you’re still physically here… while emotionally disappearing piece by piece. In this episode of Laugh, Cry, Scream, Chris talks about the identity loss, emotional exhaustion, numbness, and quiet isolation grieving parents often experience after child loss. Because sometimes grief doesn’t look like crying. Sometimes it looks like: • pulling away from people • forgetting who you used to be • struggling to function normally • feeling emotionally detached from life itself This episode is for the grieving parents secretly wondering: “What happened to me?” You are not crazy. You are grieving. Resources & support: griefandhealingwithchris.com #Grief #ChildLoss #GrievingParent #MentalHealth #Loss

People in this episode

Hosts: Chris Workman, Joe Sassmen

Topics covered

• grief
• child loss
• emotional exhaustion
• identity loss
• parenting
• mental health

Keywords

• grief
• child loss
• grieving parents
• emotional exhaustion
• mental health
• identity loss
• numbness

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: griefandhealingwithchris.com

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