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8 Places Grief Lives in Your Body

Grief doesn't just live in your mind. It's stored in your body, waiting to be felt.

Here are 8 places grief hides in your physical body and why you can't process it alone through a Lemon8 post.

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#grief #somatichealing #healing #nervoussystemhealing #emotionalhealing

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this is actually me 💯💔😢😞😔 when I feel like this I don't say anything and I just stay quiet and let everything eats me up inside of me and out and it hurts so much but if I say anything or open up I am the one getting hurt so so much and be in so so much pain that's why I don't say anything anymore. I just let my tears come rolling down my beautiful face and when I cry I don't scream, or yell or anything like that I just walk away and stay to myself or isolate myself from everyone else and go to my bedroom and lock my door and I won't call anybody anymore for a while or a couple of months that's how I am and get 😢😞🥲💔💔💔💔

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