After you lose your best friend, how do you know when grieving them starts?

I grieved right away and still haven't stopped don't think you ever stop grieving. I mean grief hits people differently.

Normally grieving is immediate but some people have a hard time accepting. Grieving will start when acceptance does too.

There are several stages of grief and you dont have to feel them all, some people skip some stages while some may revisit stages several times as they cope with loss. Denial: When you first learn of a loss, it’s normal to think, “This isn’t happening.” You may feel shocked or numb. This is a temporary way to deal with the rush of overwhelming emotion. Anger: As reality sets in, you’re faced with the pain of your loss. You may feel frustrated and helpless. These feelings later turn into anger. You might direct it toward other people, a higher power, or life in general. Bargaining: During this stage, you dwell on what you could’ve done to prevent the loss. Common thoughts are “If only…” and “What if…” Depression: Sadness sets in as you begin to understand the loss and its effect on your life. Signs of depression include crying, sleep issues, and a decreased appetite. You may feel overwhelmed, regretful, and lonely. Acceptance: This is the final stage in the grief process. This is when you accept the reality of your loss. It can’t be changed. Although you may still feel sad, you’re able to start moving forward with your life.

Grieving, I believe, might start the moment you realize your friend is distancing from you. Or in the case of death, it starts with the news you get, and the shock and numbness that comes with it. Grief comes in many different forms and even stages. You can be angry or sad, cry or go numb, talk or withdraw. It's all a process. Do what you can to get closure, death or no. And move on in a way that feels okay to you. Don't push yourself to make new friends right away unless it's something you feel you need to do to get better.

There are 7 stages of grief. Weather the loss is through a passing, or a fall out, the stages are the same. Denial, anger, progression, acceptance, etc. They dont always come in that order. Alot of times, people will feel angry, or in denial first.

Grieving a friends loss can often be delayed by the initial shock or denial that they have gone. Usually this only lasts a short while then you start to fully grieve the loss of your friend working through the rest of the stages of grief.

Any death is tragic, be it a close loved one or even a stranger. It can be very tough to deal with the loss of a close friend or family member, however we all deal with these experiences in our own way. There is no right or wrong way to grieve as the nature of grieving is an entirely individual experience. Sometimes people find that they don't process the death straight away, and instead it comes to them in an inordinate length of time, and for others the emotions may strike quickly and tremendously. What is important is to accept that you are entitled to feel any way that you may feel and to give yourself the time and space needed to process what has happened.

It starts the second their gone. Grief can hit you at any moment and know whenever it does that it is okay to grieve. Don't allow anyone to tell you to get over it or when you should be expressive with your grief.

Personally, anger or blame come first for me. It's either questioning why I wasn't enough, or raging out over the smallest things.

Grieving can start anytime from the time you lost someone. There's no specific time that tells how long it will takes. What's important is that you can work through that grief once it hits you.