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Am I grieving?
I live in a different city than my parents and one day, three months ago, I had a severe pain in the back of my head that I believed for those few minutes I was going to pass away. All, I thought about during those quick minutes was how someone was going to break the news to my parents. Ever since that day, I haven't been the same. I constantly question reality... Who am I, Who are we?Where I am? Why is my mind so toremented? Am I grieving?
Response
You have had an experience that some would name a "wake-up call". Without knowing your health or your age, I would take this as an opportunity to go deep into the questions you are asking. There is a teaching that says we need to prepare for our death one day before we die. Since few of us know the day on which we will die, we need to prepare each day. In our culture, there are precious few catalysts. Take this experience as one of those precious few. And in answer to your question, no, I do not believe you are grieving. I believe you are facing your mortality.