Podcast #18: How Grief Works On The Brain And Body

In this week’s podcast I discuss the impact of grief on the brain, drawing from personal experience and research. I talk about forgetting the date of my mom’s birthday years after her death, illustrating how grief affects memory and cognitive function and explain that grief can cause disorientation, brain fog, and difficulties with concentration and simple tasks. This is the brain's way of protecting itself from overwhelming emotional pain. I also explore the long-term effects of grief, including complicated grief, and its impact on brain regions associated with emotion and memory.Loved this episode? You can find extra goodies, gentle tools, and printable doses of wonder over in my Ko-fi shop. You can also buy me a coffee to help support me. Every purchase supports this quiet corner of the internet and helps keep the podcast going. Thank you for being here. 💛References:https://medium.com/mindful-mental-health/remember-this-is-your-brain-on-drugs-9c3e512dda80 by Caitlin McCollhttps://www.heart.org/en/news/2021/03/10/how-grief-rewires-the-brain-and-can-affect-health-and-what-to-do-about-ithttps://barbarafane.com/grief-symptoms-how-grief-affects-the-brain/https://www.henryford.com/blog/2018/06/how-coping-with-grief-can-affect-your-brainhttps://www.simplesmartscience.com/good-grief-how-mourning-can-affect-your-memory/https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/complicated-grief/symptoms-causes/syc-20360374 Get full access to Dose of Wonder at caitlinmccoll.substack.com/subscribe