Not overwhelming at all and very thought provoking. I look forward to reading your post as well.

I like that in your last paragraph you touch on some ideas of distraction from the pain of loss. This could go for grief too. I feel like it is effective, but more of a stop gap to survive the immediate loss, which still has to be addressed later at some point. Hopefully when we are in a better emotional position to address it.

I also like that you highlight the physical connections to stress. We often fail to connect the mental and physical in our bodies despite the fact that the are fully entwined.