Does grief give you physical symptoms?

[Littlesparrowherenow]

Just wondering if anyone else experiences stomach problems due to grief?
My mum died 6 years ago, my best friend, and I've tried so hard to keep on going and focus on my little one and family, but there are times I just feel completely overwhelmed and lost.

I'm struggling at the moment to be honest, and I'm having vivid dreams which wake me, leaving me tired. I'm very anxious too and my stomach seems to be suffering too. Spoke to the GP last time I felt like this and she said it was anxiety.

Just wondering if anyone else experiences this, and if you have any tips on how to cope with the waves of grief that floor you?

Thanks.

I lost my Dad suddenly 5 years ago a week after dd1 was born, it's been a awful few years and I had bad upper abdominal pain, I had tests which showed nothing.
In February this year I had a breakdown and was put on antidepressants and now my pain has completely gone.

This illustrates the physicality of grief perfectly I think. There are time when I am walking along normally but this is exactly how I feel inside.

You really have had a really rough time MrsDeanWinchester75, so glad to hear you pain free now💐. I lost my mum when little one was a few months old, that was hard enough. I started having real trouble with my joints, it's the effect of our feelings on a weakened body isn't it? We are under such stress. So glad that physically you are feeling better and hoping your little daughter has helped you. It's really hard isn't it when all our dreams of seeing our parents and child together are snatched away? I try to take comfort in the fact that they did meet and I'm so grateful for that, and I can really see mum in some of little ones mannerisms now, and thats a comfort most of the time.

Take care and I hope you continue to find ways to deal with your grief too and keep well. Thank you so much for sharing. Reading about other people's similar experiences makes me realise its how grief can effect us all 💐

AmabelleOnabike, I agree. The sculpture shows just how I feel at times too. Thank you for posting.

georgina and park I am so sorry to hear of your losses, you must have gone, and going through an incredibly difficult time, it is certainly grief manifesting itself physically.

olivia I don’t think any amount of time that passes makes you miss them any less.

little I’m glad you found some solace in what I said. I just thought about my sister whilst typing this, and my stomach churned, yes, grief really is a physical pain.

My thoughts are with all of you who are grieving

Have just seen that photo amabelle and it captures perfectly the position in which I hold myself..