You may experience difficult emotions in relation to your abortion, like anger, resentment, fear, regret, sadness, grief, guilt or shame. Even though they’re unpleasant, it’s healthiest to acknowledge and accept them for what they are.

You may experience difficult emotions in relation to your abortion, like anger, resentment, fear, regret, sadness, grief, guilt or shame. Even though they’re unpleasant, it’s healthiest to acknowledge and accept them for what they are. Burying or denying emotions can make them last longer, and affect you in negative ways. For example, you may feel agitated and restless, or have difficulty sleeping, but not realize these troubles are caused by your emotions related to your abortion.

You may be fully aware of what’s bothering you, and why. Or, you may be struggling to understand your emotions and what they are doing to you. Understanding your emotions following an abortion, and why you have them, is the first step to accepting them.

Use our Emotional Well-being Tool to help.

References: https://everywomanshealthcentre.ca/,  http://thehappinesstrap.com