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Grief
- overpowering, overwhelming emotional response towards losing a loved one to sickness, accident or any such cause.
- starts as an emotional reaction
- with time has an effect on the physical, cognitive, social, cultural and philosophical aspects also
- manifests as difficult and unacceptable thoughts and emotions characterised by a sense of denial seen in behaviours like Shock, Anger, Disbelief, Deep Sadness, Guilt.
- It is an important stage in acknowleding one's loss and be able to accept it as the truth and be able to live with it henceforth in a healthy manner.
- Lack of acceptance of the loss leads to severe complications hindering day to day normalcy and mental & emotional well being.
Beyond a certain permissible limit, it is usually associated with concerns like:
- Physical Health Hazards
- Mental Addictions
- Emotional Vulnerability
- Social Isolation
- Non adjustment Issue
NORMAL GRIEF
This emotional response takes place over the following stages:
i) Denial
ii) Anger
iii) Bargaining
iv) Depression
v) Acceptance
UNUSUAL GRIEF
When this emotional response is stuck in any of the stages for an unsually long period of time, it obstructs the natural transition of the affected person's life from moving from the cause of the grief to its closure.
Therapy and Grief
Psychotherapy helps and enables the affected individual to
Identifying
The cause of grief overcoming the denial
Acknowledging
The stress within and releasing it
Recognising
The bargain/ replacement to fill the void
Validating
The natural emotion of sadness that arises due to the new realisation of the reality of the physical loss
Accepting
the new reality faciliatating a closure.
