Queen Elizabeth II, Britain's longest reigning monarch, died on September 8th. Since then, there's been an outpouring of grief on a global scale.
And the fact of our own mortality.” “Grief is as unique as the relationship you had with the person who has died,” she notes. If so, it might be time to ask for professional help,” she advises. Bailey recommends sharing your feelings of grief with others. “Not everyone will feel like this, and that is okay,” says Kirk. It can be devastating to realize this isn’t the case. Chances are you’ve been saddened by the death of a celebrity at some point. In some small way, they were still a part of your life. “Our brains like to make sense of the world, and one of the ways we do that is to categorize – so if someone doesn’t agree with you, you assume one of you is wrong. “When you think of a celebrity death as a relationship lost, even if it was a one-way relationship, then grief is a normal reaction.” “In the aftermath of a celebrity death, media coverage can increase your emotional involvement, as the amount of information about a celebrity increases,” Bailey explains. “While our relationships with them aren’t the same as someone who is physically part of our lives, our bond forms more with the idea of that person,” she explains.