Lisa Marie Presley Opens Up About Handling Grief After Son’s Death

Singer and daughter of Elvis Presley, Lisa Marie Presley, is opening up about dealing with grief after her son’s death.

Tuesday was “National Grief Awareness Day” and Lisa Marie Presley wrote a heartfelt essay obtained by People about the “horrific reality” of losing her son and also helping others who also may be grieving.

“Today is “National Grief Awareness Day,” and since I have been living in the horrific reality of its unrelenting grips since my son’s death two years ago, I thought I would share a few things to be aware of in regard to grief for anyone who is interested. If not to help yourself but maybe to help another who is grieving,” she wrote.

Lisa Marie Presley also wrote about the importance of talking about grief when you lose someone.

“This is not a comfortable subject for anyone, and it is most unpopular to talk about. This is quite long, potentially triggering and very hard to confront. But if we’re going make any progress on the subject, grief has to get talked about. I’m sharing my thoughts in the hopes that somehow, we can change that,” she wrote.

Continuing, Lisa Marie Presley wrote:

“Death is part of life whether we like it or not — and so is grieving. There is so much to learn and understand on the subject, but here’s what I know so far: One is that grief does not stop or go away in any sense, a year, or years after the loss. Grief is something you will have to carry with you for the rest of your life, in spite of what certain people or our culture wants us to believe. You do not ‘get over it,’ you do not ‘move on,’ period.”

She continued to write: “Two, grief is incredibly lonely. Despite people coming in the heat of the moment to be there for you right after the loss takes place, they soon disappear and go on with their own lives and they kind of expect for you to do the same, especially after some time has passed. This includes ‘family’ as well.”