When we experience a loss - whether it is the death of a loved one, a pet, a breakup/ divorce, the loss of a job, or a significant change in health - it reminds us, of how little control we really have in life.

Over others, over situations and sometimes, over ourselves.

The complete numbness which overcame me after I learned of the death of a loved one or experienced heart break, was like a thick fog, surrounding me wherever I went.

One minute I fell silent as if punched in the stomach with sadness and overcome with loud crying fits the next.

I felt a fraught, because on the outside I functioned, yet inside, I felt and was truly lost.