Especially in the early days, the effort to join the world again is Herculean and monumental. Those densely scattered grief land mines are hard to face. Human interaction is often exhausting. Many people choose to shrink their world down considerably, refusing invitations to anything and everything. Even staunch extroverts find that they need a lot more time alone and quiet than they ever did before. Please know that if the outside world feels too harsh or too saturated with all things grief, you aren’t being “too sensitive.” The world is full of things connected to your grief.
