Meaning-Seeking
What is Meaning-Seeking?
Trying to make sense of the loss — to place it in a story that doesn't destroy you.
When you might feel meaning-seeking
Meaning-Seeking is a specific form of questioning, which itself is a type of confusion. You might experience this feeling in situations where confusion is present, particularly when the circumstances align with the nuances that define meaning-seeking.
Emotional Hierarchy
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Open Grief & Loss WheelRelated Emotions
You don't know who you are without them or it. Your identity was partially defin...
The anchor is gone. Things that gave structure to your life no longer hold....
Struggling to find reasons to do ordinary things. The meaning that used to pull ...
Loving and resenting them at the same time. Feeling relieved and guilty about fe...
Not sure how to feel. Not sure if what you feel is right. Not sure what right ev...
Feeling two opposing things simultaneously. Grief doesn't follow the rules of lo...