I often think about the grieving process and what that even looks like
and how that plays a role on our mental health.
And I believe that what we don't face early on will show up later.
So I really speak to that in terms of grieving.
I remember when my grandmother passed in 2018 and,
you know, it was very important to me, we were very close,
but it was important to me that I was present for my mom,
that I served my mom, and that my mom was okay.
And it wasn't until maybe two years later
that the grief really overwhelmed me
because something else was going on in my life.
And so I'm thinking I should be upset and having challenges
about this thing because this is the thing that is ever present.
This other grief, this loss was two years ago.
So now why am I even...
I think I was grieving multiple things.
I was grieving that
something or a place that I was working at wasn't working out
and I didn't want to be there anymore so I was grieving that as a loss.
But it brought up
these other feelings of grief, and it just overwhelmed me.
So I think that people out there realize that we have to let ourselves,
as we say, feel the feels, right?
And also try to articulate
what it is that we're actually feeling to others.
So others are aware