lost...All of a sudden she passed away and I couldn't do anything more for her. The ambitious,

hopes, and inspirations I had before seemed no longer important to me...How am I going to live?

What am I going to hang on to? Is it necessary to grieve? Do sorrow and mental anguish serve

some useful function? What is the purpose of grief work?

Grief is the reaction to the loss of a person or thing to which we have become attached. It

is a natural and normal reaction that has a natural form and sequence. It is, at times, intensely

painful and frightening, and it may therefore be avoided, repressed, or distorted out if its natural

form. Grief is experienced in each of three major ways--psychologically (through your feelings,

thoughts, and attitudes), socially (through your behavior with others), and physically (through your

Psychiatric research indicates that attempts to deny or avoid grief are potentially harmful.

It is important for people who suffer a loss who are in a position to help to encourage the bereaved

to express their grief. This process of realization and the acceptance

shame of death as punishment. In our society, the vast majority of people die after having lived long

you desire to avoid the terrible acknowledgment that the person you loved is now lost. The

There is even evidence that a few people actually die of a "broken heart," though this is unlikely

Grief is a way of relearning the world. It takes time, and because no two relationships are

has given up the struggle to regain the dead person and has become fully aware of the gap between

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