5 Weird Grief Coping Strategies That Actually Work

From playing video games to wearing the same pair of sweatpants on repeat, there’s logic to these “odd” behaviors.Photo by Kelly Sikkema on Unsplash

There’s a societal script for “respectable grief” and it goes something like this: Cry a little. Go to therapy. Meditate, maybe. Journal about your feelings. Get “back to normal” around the one-year mark, if everything is operating “as it should.”

But what about the ways grief actually shows up?

Despite what movies, TV shows, music, and social media po...