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

For my dog, it was when I would do things that reminded me of her. It goes the same with people. If you don't focus on it it won't hurt as bad but it is better to focus on and resolve those feelings as soon as possible.

I believe it depends on the case. I've lost several best friends over the years. Some taking hours, others taking days or weeks. It's like you dont want to believe you are gone. And the second you realize that theyre actually gone, is when you can start recovering

Grieving is a long process that doesn't follow specific rules. It depends on how deep your friendship was. Remember that regardless of depth, they loved you and want what's best for yourself. Talking to loved ones around you and/or a mental health professional will help you along the grieving process.

It starts the day they die, you don't feel it for days to come, in my culture we grieve for at least a year unless they are elderly, grieving can Last a life time

Grief varies from person to person. It can start straight away or take some time to settle in. Sometimes it can cause emotions such as sadness, guilt or anger. You may also lose or gain your appetite or feel a sense of loneliness and have reoccurring thoughts of them.

The moments you realize how much they're a part of you, how they were there for you, those are the moments grief begins.

Well, grieving is a pretty hard thing, and it’s completely different for everyone. For me signs of grieving are getting extremly emotional whenever you see things that remind you of them, and overwhelming sadness.

Everybody grieves differently, the first stage happens right after you lose the person. For example when my grandmother passed away, the day it happened it was a shock. But the days afterwards it hit me hard and made me very upset. You usually get hit with feelings of "out of reality" or denial which is completely normal. In my personal case after about a week of constant tears denial had hit. Denial is usually the feeling of wanting to believe that the person who has passed, or is no longer here, is alive. Sometimes it may feel like the end but just understand that what you are going through is normal.

Grieving is a major part of the healing process when someone experiences a loss in their life. If you are grieving you are starting to heal and build understanding as well as resilience to your experience. During the healing process, there will be many emotions such as sadness, emptiness, and loneliness that can cause a person to slip away from being regulated or even society its self. Everyone grieves differently as they enter the stages to grief. but mainly we all follow the 5 stages of grief - (Denial, Anger, Bargaining, depression, and acceptance. When the loss happens the first stage denial begins its process.

I think the grieving begins once you believe you will lose them. This can be before or after your friend is removed from your life in any way (moving, no longer talking, an argument, what have you). Once you begin to have feelings regarding the loss, whatever they may be, is when you begin to grieve. There are many ways to grieve, as well as many ways to deal with it. Some people like to write a letter to that person to feel closure, and you can mail it to them or simply read it and imagine you are reading it to them (it sounds lame but it is actually very cathartic for relationships that end negatively or when talking to them won't help). You can try to cope by distracting yourself, spending more time in school or work, or trying to meet new friends/ spend time with other friends.