This time in November, when a lot of people are recognising Remembrance Day by the wearing of poppies, I often turn my mind to my own grief – that of my Dad. It would have been his 96th birthday on 11th November, he has been gone 14 years now, and there are still challenging days.
I want to look at the appropriate Bach Flower remedies to help with grief and bereavement.
What are the best Bach Flower Remedies to manage your grief?
I hope this blog will help you find a selection of Bach Flower Remedies to enable you to manage your grief. The mix of remedies that I have suggested can help you overcome the sadness and help to make each day easier, however they will never change the situation but with the remedies the memories can become easier.
I hope to give you some ideas to ease the pain, the shock, the trauma, manage the changes that you will have experienced. I would also add that grief and bereavement can apply not just death of a loved one or family member but possibly a separation, the death of a loved pet. It can arise out of many situations. Have a read and please dm me if you would like to chat.
Which is the best remedy to help with the initial grief?
This would be Star of Bethlehem, this will help you manage the shock and trauma of your loss. To help reduce the feeling of trauma in your body and to enable your body reach a state of neutralised adrenalin.
How do you manage the change of situation?
Change is often a dominant thing that comes for adapting to a new life without the a loved one – this is Walnut – the beautiful remedy that makes change easier to adapt to, to allow you to accept the changes in your life. The changes in routine, the changes in your way of life, no dog to walk, no one to talk to in the evening. There is so much that needs to be helped.
How can I relieve the feeling of utter despair?
We use the Bach Flower Remedy Gorse – to bring a light back into your life to help you feel brighter and less full of despair. Gorse can help restore your faith in human nature and feel brighter.
What can help with the feeling of guilt?
The Bach Flower remedy Pine can be a huge benefit to help with this, this feeling is very common, whatever the cause of the passing. Guilt is a huge problem with grief, as there will often be things that we wish we had done differently or better. Things we have said or done and are now unable to undo. Pine will gently ease the negativity and allow you to see past this.
How do you cope with the memories of the past?
Sometimes the memories can replay themselves repeatedly in our heads – this often can be detrimental – we may like them but there will come a time when we need to be in the present. For this we recommend Honeysuckle – the remedy to bring you quietly into the future. Enable you to focus on what is current and needs to be dealt with. It won’t erase the past, but it will make the memories easier and allow the future to come to the fore.
Grief and bereavement are difficult subjects to cover, and there are many other Bach Flower remedies that could help you, the Elm for the overwhelm of grief, Mimulus for the fear of being on your own and many more.
Please if these emotions resonate with you – let us have a chat as we can build a unique blend suitable for your specific needs and find your way out of the mire.
