Journal Prompts: Grief Guilt
This is a list of journal prompts to assist with 16: Grief Guilt: How to Heal Your Relationship with Guilt Throughout the Grieving Process.
Journal Prompts:
When you think of this person you are grieving and their death, what feelings arise?
What guilt are you holding on in regards to the person you are grieving?
Sit with your inner child. Either visual them or go with the first number that comes to mind, ask them how they feel about the person you are grieving and their death.
Write a forgiveness list. List out all the things you forgive yourself for related to how you feel. Your feelings are valid. Forgive yourself for the judgements that how you feel may be “wrong”. (Nothing you feel is ever wrong, but we often judge it as if it is, so it’s important for us to move through those feelings and judgements)
Are you holding onto any anger or resentment towards the person who has passed on? Are you holding onto any anger or resentment towards your self? Both? If so, allow yourself to journal about these feelings.
When Dating After the Death of a Loved One
What is my biggest fear about starting to date?
What do I need to do for myself to feel safe enough to start dating again?
What feelings are arising when you think about dating?
Pick one question, write it in your journal and just let your pen flow. You may go completely off topic when you start journaling and that’s okay! Trust that whatever comes up when you start writing is what you are meant to journal about. When you are done writing. Take a few moments to reread what you wrote and see if you learned anything new about yourself. Journaling is a practice. Be kind and patient with yourself.
Sending you all my love <3
