Grief and trauma don’t always show up separately. For many people, trauma and grief intertwine, creating an emotional storm that can feel impossible to navigate. It’s not just the loss you’re grieving. It’s the old wounds that grief can bring up, the emotional scars that you didn’t even know still existed. Sometimes, when we lose something significant, it doesn’t just stir up sadness—it stirs up all the old hurts we haven’t healed from.

It’s almost like grief opens a door to everything else we’ve buried. Maybe you’ve experienced a loss, and along with it, old fears, past hurts, or painful memories come rushing back. Maybe your grief is complicated by memories of things left unsaid or relationships that never fully healed. And that’s okay. Grief, combined with trauma, doesn’t mean you're broken—it means you're human.

When trauma and grief collide, they can create a heavy weight that’s hard to shake off. Maybe you feel like you’re carrying the grief of your loss, and the trauma of your past all at once. It can be exhausting. It can feel overwhelming. And it can make you feel like you’re trapped in a cycle of emotional pain that doesn’t seem to have an end.
But here’s what I want you to know: you are not alone.

When you experience both grief and trauma, it can feel isolating and confusing. The emotional residue from your past can get tangled up with the sorrow of the present, making it hard to know where one ends and the other begins. But there’s power in understanding that these two things don’t have to define you forever.

There is a path through this, and that path starts with gentle self-awareness and a willingness to sit with the pain—however, it shows up for you. It’s about learning how to create space for both the grief and the trauma so that you can begin to process both without feeling overwhelmed.

If You’re Feeling Overwhelmed by Grief and Trauma, I See You.

You don’t need to walk through this alone. Healing is possible, and it’s not about getting over it—it’s about understanding how trauma and grief show up in your life and allowing yourself the time and space to heal. You deserve to find peace, and I’m here to walk with you.