When Grief Doesn’t Look Like Grief

(For those seeking grief therapy in Texas, and for everyone else who keeps wondering if what they feel "counts.")

We tend to think of grief as sadness, sobbing, and funerals. But in real life, it wears many disguises. Some of them are quiet. Some of them are confusing. Some of them are completely invisible.

Sometimes it’s a fog.

Sometimes it’s anger at people who are still here.

Sometimes it’s laughing in a grocery store and wondering if that means you’re forgetting.

Maybe You’re In It and Don’t Know It Yet.

You’re still going to work. You’re still answering texts. You even laughed yesterday. So you think: “This can’t be grief.”

But what if grief is the reason you feel disoriented in conversations, like everyone’s talking too fast? What if it’s why music hits harder lately—or why nothing hits at all? What if you’re grieving and no one knows because even you aren’t sure?

It Doesn’t Have to Be a Death.

We grieve people, yes. But also:

• Places we’ve left

• Lives we almost lived

• Relationships that changed without warning

• Friendships that quietly disappeared

• A version of ourselves that doesn’t fit anymore

And sometimes, we grieve what never happened—the childhood we didn’t have, the peace we didn’t feel, the future we can’t quite name but know we’ve lost.

In Case No One’s Told You This:

• You can miss someone and still feel angry at them

• You can feel relieved after a loss and still be grieving

• You can forget for a moment—and that doesn’t mean you didn’t love them

There’s no purity test for real grief. There’s just your experience—and it matters.

What Therapy for Grief Isn’t:

Getting psychotherapy for grief isn’t about getting over it, fixing it, or moving on. It’s not about “processing stages” in a neat little order.

It’s about creating a space where your grief has permission to exist, however it may be showing up today. As fog. As fire. As a memory. As silence.

We don’t lead with worksheets. We don’t rush. We don’t assume. We stay with you as you figure out what this loss means—and how you want to carry it.

If you're seeking grief therapy in Texas, we're here whenever you're ready.

Grief: Sometimes it's a fog.