Grief doesn’t always look like tears. Sometimes it hides beneath strength, numbness, or the need to keep going. Real healing begins when we gently access the subconscious mind—where the pain, and the power to release it, truly live.
What is Grief
Grief is a universal experience, yet it rarely unfolds the same way for any two people. Some cry for days. Others go back to work the next morning. And some carry their grieve silently, tucked beneath layers of responsibility, strength, or fear.
Grief is about loss. It can be the loss of a loved one, a family member, a close friend. It can also be the loss of a family pet – a dog or cat that loved you unconditionally. It can even be over the loss of a job, a home, or a skill.
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The Subconscious and Grief
What many people don’t realize is that grief often lodges itself deep in the subconscious—the part of the mind that stores memories, beliefs, and emotional imprints. That’s why years, or even decades later, a scent, a song, or a sudden quiet moment can flood someone with sorrow they didn’t know they were still carrying.
Children are especially vulnerable. When a child experiences loss—whether it’s a death, a parent’s emotional absence, or even the passing of a beloved pet—they often don’t have the tools to process that pain. Adults may try to shield them from the harshness of reality, but grief doesn’t vanish. It simply goes underground.
Over time, unhealed grief can manifest as anxiety, low self-worth, chronic fatigue, emotional detachment, or relationship struggles. The subconscious mind, doing its best to protect us, can suppress painful memories until we’re finally ready to face them.
But healing is possible. Through therapeutic techniques like hypnotherapy, guided visualization, and somatic awareness, it becomes possible to reach the deeper layers of the mind where grief lives. There, in a space of safety and compassion, we can begin to release what no longer serves us.
True healing doesn’t mean forgetting. It means feeling. It means allowing the pain to rise, be witnessed, and then gently transformed. Whether it’s a parent, a partner, a childhood wound, or a version of yourself you had to leave behind—your grief is valid. And so is your capacity to heal.
Grief can be traumatic but hypnotherapy can help. For more information, see our post about Traumatic Anxiety.
Video – Understanding Trauma
Read the whole post about Understanding Trauma on Heal Talk Tuesday.
