Grief & Loss

Loss

Differing bereavements along the life cycle may have different manifestations and problems which are age related, mostly because of cognitive and emotional skills along the way. Children will exhibit their mourning very differently in reaction to the loss of a parent than a widow would to the loss of a spouse. Reactions in one type of bereavement may be perfectly normal, but in another the same reaction could be problematic. The kind of loss must be taken under consideration when determining how to help.

You are not alone! There are many losses happened to people every day including: death of a child, death of a spouse, death of a parent, death of a sibling, loss of children through divorce or kidnapping, and other losses such as loss of a romantic relationship (i.e. divorce or break up), a vocation, a pet (animal loss), a home, children leaving home (empty nest), a friend, a favored appointment or desire, etc.

What is matter is how we deal with it and get over it. The articles in this category will help us recover from our loss and heal our wound in order for us to continue living a better life.

Grief ( 10 items )

Some researchers such as Dr. Elisabeth Kübler-Ross and others have posited sequential stages including denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance, which are commonly referred to as the grief cycle.

As a human being, you are not alone. Millions of people are suffering grief and loss everyday. What makes everybody different is the will to get through it and continue to live you life as a better person. Life must go on! This statement is very true, especially when we have to deal with our grief.

It is normal for us to go through the cycle of grief including: Shock and Denial followed by Volatile Reactions which give an impact of Disorganization and Despair to us. But, at the end of the grief we all have to Reorganize our self to assimilate the loss and redefining our life and meaning without the deceased.

This category provided us with lots of useful tips and insight on how we deal with grief and loss for us to get over it.