Physical Symptoms of Grief Nobody Warns You About

Grief shows up in the body in ways most people don't expect — the nausea, the joint pain, the sleep that won't come, the memory that keeps slipping. When you're in the middle of it, those physical symptoms can feel alarming, even confusing, especially when no one told you this was part of it.Dr. Kat walks through the emotional, physical, and cognitive dimensions of grief, explaining why the brain locks onto loss the way it does and what that "rabbit hole" spiral actually looks like neurologically. She covers both the five-stage Kübler-Ross model and a seven-stage framework that includes shock and guilt, and makes clear that moving through stages out of order — or circling back — is completely normal. She also broadens what grief can mean: a miscarriage, a layoff, a marriage ending, a child not getting into their first-choice school. And she introduces the "Yellow Room" as a way of understanding grief that builds quietly inside a relationship that isn't working. If you've been carrying something heavy and couldn't quite name all of it, this episode helps.I want to hear from you!  To submit show ideas or be considered as a guest, visit https://chatwithdrkat.com/contact/Follow Chat with Dr. Kat:Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/chatwithdrkatInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/chatwithdrkatYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@chatwithdrkatTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@chatwithdrkatX:  https://x.com/ChatwithDrKatHealth & Wellness Programs:https://mindbodyseries.com/