Grief not only hits our hearts, but our minds as well. 

Our minds spin. Our thoughts race.
We’re stunned. 
We find ourselves staring at walls or out into space.

We walk about in a fog. Our heads feel heavy.
Cognitively, we’re not as sharp. We miss parts of conversations or other key info. We retain less. We’re more forgetful.
We wonder what happened, how, and why. We struggle to make sense of all this. Most things look the same, but everything feels so
different.

The rest of the world blazes on as if nothing has happened.

This is confusing and surreal. Our world is different now. 
It’s like we exist in some in-between place. We know what was, but not what will be.
Sometimes it hurts to think. As emotion takes up more space, our minds get squeezed. We can begin to question our sanity.

If you feel like you’re on a treadmill with your mind constantly covering the same ground (over and over again), join the club. 
This mental upheaval is common and natural.

Loss has profound cognitive impact.

Source: Roe, Gary, 2019. Grief: 9 Things I Wish I Had Known