grieve for (someone or something)

To experience intense feelings of sadness or mourning due to a particular loss (often the death of a loved one). It's been years since my mother died, and yet I'm still grieving for her. You need time to grieve for what you lost by growing up in such a dysfunctional household. I know I need to grieve for our relationship ending, but I'm just sick of crying.

grieve over (someone or something)

To experience intense feelings of sadness or mourning due to a particular loss (often the death of a loved one). It's been years since my mother died, and I'm still grieving over her. I know I need to grieve over the end of our relationship, but I'm just sick of crying. You need time to grieve over what you lost by growing up in such a dysfunctional household.

what the eye doesn't see, the heart doesn't grieve over

Remaining ignorant or uninformed about something means it will not upset, anger, or worry someone. A: "Have you told the boss about this plan?" B: "It's better that he stay in the dark about this. What the eye doesn't see, the heart doesn't grieve." I just hung a picture over the hole in the wall in case the landlord ever comes by—what the heart doesn't see, the heart doesn't grieve.

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grieve for someone or something

to mourn for someone or something. Don't grieve for me. I'm okay. She grieved for her lost chances.

grieve over someone or something

to lament and pine for someone or something. Now, don't grieve over a lost cat. There is no reason to continue grieving over him.

What the eye doesn't see, the heart doesn't grieve over.

Prov. You cannot be upset by something you do not know about. When Robbie cracked his mother's favorite vase, he simply turned the cracked side toward the wall. "What the eye doesn't see, the heart doesn't grieve over," he thought.

See also: eye, grieve, heart, over, what

what the eye doesn't see, the heart doesn't grieve over

if you're unaware of an unpleasant fact or situation you can't be troubled by it. proverb

See also: eye, grieve, heart, over, what

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McCabe (2003) critiqued the inadequacy of traditional Western cultural understandings of grief, suggesting that these conceptual understandings may not fully allow the space needed for subjective healing because they assume a paternalistic and accomplishment based starting point that privileges movement over being and disallow the continued influence of the deceased on the grievers' experiences moving forward.

Embodied Grief and Primary Metaphor: Towards a New Paradigm for Integrative Bereavement Groups

Bereaved pet owners, like other disenfranchised grievers, perceive their disenfranchised grief as insignificant and inappropriate (Attig, 2004).

Pet loss and disenfranchised grief: implications for mental health counseling practice

Jeffreys (2005) has described the counselor's role as being one of an "exquisite witness" to the caregiver's struggle; that is, one who "knows that the grief journey is different for each griever, who understands their cultural background, and knows that the function of the therapist is to support this journey and not control it" (p.

Addressing the chronic sorrow of long-term spousal caregivers: a primer for counselors

The griever has an opportunity to express herself and, if there is consciousness after death, the departed will know that he is missed.

SOUL + BODY: When You Have Nothing to Give but Your Tears

Earlier this month, Jaclyn talked about her transition from griever to leader in Courageous Kids for her "personal journey" project in McCarty's class.

For accomplished teen, it's no act

The griever improves over the next 6 months; the depressive either stays the same or gets worse.

A new study says that patients experiencing losses often are diagnosed with depression when their reactions are normal. Are psychiatrists too quick to label patients as depressed?

There may not be obvious expressions of sadness and tears in front of others, but do not assume that the griever is not experiencing pain.

Caring for people who are grieving

Several papers provide empirical evidence that investors prefer stocks that are "closer"--with closeness measured not only by geographic distance, but also by "connectivity" through telephone traffic, tourism, language, immigration, common newspapers and journals (Portes, Rey, and Oh 2001; Daude and Fratzscher 2006; and Ahearne, Griever, and Warnock 2004).

Global imbalances: a source of strength or weakness?

This man has come to Washington to try to move on from grief and will now immerse himself in the letters of that city's most tragic and extravagant griever, a lady who had already lost two sons before her husband was killed, who had lost numerous beloved Southern kinfolk to the Civil War but was obliged to pretend she didn't care, who after the assassination lay prostrate in the White House for six weeks while the band played on, who lived the rest of her life dressed in costly widow's weeds.

Necropolitan life

They also suggest that the large asymmetry of information on domestic and international stocks makes investors' reluctance to invest abroad appear rational (Ahearne, Griever, and Warnock 2004).

Going global: the changing pattern of U.S. investment abroad

I'm not a serial griever -- I'll reserve grief for my family and loved ones -- but I did feel a tangible sense of loss on hearing the news.

AT HOME WITH THE WALTONS: Mortal fears on Peel's passing

The griever, with her ability to create a narrative and find listeners, "has the capacity to change the narrative and thus change his or her life" (140).

A nest from the bones of the dead: challenging the mourning and melancholia dichotomy in Irene Vilar's The Ladies' Gallery

Though reaction to bereavement varies from child to child and by gender, the death of a parent or other loved one can bring many changes into the life of the griever.

Teachers and schools can aid grieving students

The impact of bereavement varies widely, depending on the characteristics of the griever and the nature of the loss.

Helping female inmates cope with grief and loss