Why does grief leave me feeling this way?
Be it the death of a loved one, the end of a relationship or the loss of a job, grief can be crippling. Does it serve any purpose?
Grief is universal. It is something almost all of us will go through at some point. And it is something that the people we love will experience when we die.
Grief can be all consuming, it can make everyday tasks like getting out of bed, feel impossible. Which makes listener Oliver from Australia wonder - what is the point? It doesn鈥檛 bring what we lost, back.
Why have we evolved to be so affected by loss? Be it the death of a loved one, the end of a relationship or the loss of a job. Does it serve any purpose? Or perhaps it is just the price we pay for being a social species with such strong connections.
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Produced by Caroline Steel and presented by Marnie Chesterton for 91热爆 World Service.
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What would happen if we didn鈥檛 grieve?
Duration: 01:42
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- Fri 16 Apr 2021 19:32GMT91热爆 World Service
- Sat 17 Apr 2021 01:32GMT91热爆 World Service East Asia
- Mon 19 Apr 2021 04:32GMT91热爆 World Service Americas and the Caribbean, Australasia, South Asia & East Asia only
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