What Happened to Me After Grief? The Identity Loss Nobody Talks About
Grief does not just change your life.
Sometimes it changes you.
In this episode of Laugh, Cry, Scream, Chris Workman talks about the part of grief many people quietly experience but struggle to explain out loud:
the identity loss that can happen after profound grief.
the identity loss that can happen after profound grief.
This conversation explores:
• emotional exhaustion
• brain fog and overwhelm
• feeling disconnected from yourself
• relationship changes after loss
• loneliness in grief
• masking pain while appearing “fine”
• why ordinary life suddenly feels so difficult after trauma and loss
• emotional exhaustion
• brain fog and overwhelm
• feeling disconnected from yourself
• relationship changes after loss
• loneliness in grief
• masking pain while appearing “fine”
• why ordinary life suddenly feels so difficult after trauma and loss
Because sometimes grief is not only about missing someone.
Sometimes it is also about looking in the mirror and wondering:
“What happened to me?”
“What happened to me?”
Whether you are grieving the death of a child, spouse, parent, relationship, estrangement, or another life-altering loss, this episode is meant to remind you that you are not weak, broken, or failing.
You are responding to something life-changing.
Resources & Support
🌐 Website:
griefandhealingwithchris.com
griefandhealingwithchris.com
🖤 Laugh, Cry, Scream Support Group
A support community for estranged parents, estranged adult children, and anyone navigating grief, complicated family relationships, healing, and emotional survival.
A support community for estranged parents, estranged adult children, and anyone navigating grief, complicated family relationships, healing, and emotional survival.
🖤 Grief, Loss & Life
A private women-only support community for women navigating grief, estrangement, loss, identity shifts, and rebuilding after profound life changes.
A private women-only support community for women navigating grief, estrangement, loss, identity shifts, and rebuilding after profound life changes.
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IMPORTANT:
Chris Workman is not a licensed therapist or mental health professional. This podcast is based on lived experience, emotional insight, grief education, and open conversations around complicated grief, estrangement, healing, and survival. If you are struggling deeply, please seek support from a licensed mental health professional or crisis resource.
Chris Workman is not a licensed therapist or mental health professional. This podcast is based on lived experience, emotional insight, grief education, and open conversations around complicated grief, estrangement, healing, and survival. If you are struggling deeply, please seek support from a licensed mental health professional or crisis resource.
Thanks for listening to Laugh, Cry, Scream.
Creators and Guests
Host
Christina Workman
Chris is a grief educator, writer, and speaker who supports parents navigating child loss and family estrangement—without sugarcoating or silencing. With over 35 years as a nurse and lived experience as a bereaved mother, stepmother, and grandmother, she brings both credibility and candor to conversations most people avoid.
