This is your tenth Grief Self Assessment. There are are only correct answers for your personal experience of grief.

Grief is a part of your life and wellbeing. The Self Assessment is a tool for you check in with yourself to see how you are doing. The score is SIMPLY a REFERENCE POINT. There are a few indicators that will direct you to reach out to a medical professional you will see as you go through the questions.

The Self Assessment tells you how you are doing with grief as a part of your life. At the end of the day, only YOU can answer what that will look like for YOU.

Grief is so interesting when we get to know it better.

There are times when grief sneaks up on us and takes us by surprise. I like to call these “Sneak Attacks” because that’s what it feels like.

These Sneak Attacks can make it seem like you are going backwards in your grief. The good news is that you are well beyond where you were in your knowing about your grief AND you recognize a burst of grief intensity when it happens. You are gaining the tools to self reflect when these Sneak Attacks happen. Generally, the intensity is due to Anniversary Reactions, memories of important events surrounding the loss of your Loved One, OR the realization of a Secondary Loss, another loss in your life that occurs due to the death of your Loved One.

Journal or Reflect: A quick 5 Minute Sprint Writing around things in life that have changed since the loss may be helpful to pin-point any grief intensity at this time. Take a look back at Month 5 and see if there are any differences worth pondering…

Journal Bonus: Take time to write about the timeline leading up to the death of your Loved One. This will help prepare for the Anniversary Reactions.

***If everyday life continues to be a struggle with grief, it’s time to reach out to a grief counselor to help process and be a support.