How People Handle Grief

How People Handle Grief

Abstract

Grief can be elucidated as a natural human reaction to loss . People in different stages of their life span undergo with grief when there is a major loss (Linda , 2000 . People usually assume of grief as happening in the perspective of bereavement , death of a loved one , a close relationship ends through separation , or when a person is enforced to give up some facet of life that was imperative . This focuses on grief , which entails an entire range of emotions and experiences and various ways to

deal with grief

Introduction

Grief is a general attribute of human existence . It is not related to specific culture , though it is experienced by humans in varied form and intensity . Robert Burton described grief as a 'cruel torment Scientifically , it is first described as people who had suffered sadness under traumatic circumstances , or who had looked for psychiatric assistance to overcome troubles linked with grief . Grief can be experienced under two broad circumstances , one , when a sudden and traumatic death of a dependent relationship , it involved strong and prolonged mournful and the other , related with the repression of throbbing thoughts or with an bitter relationship , involved deferred grief . When grief is experienced under traumatic circumstances it is labeled as a post-traumatic stress dis . It exhibits severe and exaggerated types of grief responses such as severe depression or pronounced panic or anxiety , can lead to a psychiatric diagnosis (Kim and Jacobs , 1993 Prigerson , 1994 . Robert Burton highlighted that grief can have adverse effect on health , and gave reference to examples of historical figures who lost their life because of grief , such as the Roman Emperor Severus (Archer , pg-3

Dealing with grief

The concept of grief is usually understood when it is triggered by a specific loss that is why resolution can only be attained through a long and intricate process of face up to thoughts of the loss , and that there are no easy ways to come up from grieving state . Grieving people mull over their loss in thought , and since its cause is a specific event , therefore it subsides over a period of time . Cobb and Lindemann (1943 ) wrote , It seems that the grieving person can delay his grieving period but not avoid it (Archer , pg : 108 . There are individual differences , so each person grieves in his own manner and take his own time to overcome . Grief period can be for one year , two years or still longer . During that period , person may be passing through a wave of grief . There are numerous ways to deal with grief

To deal with grief initially is to share one 's happening with others . It is important to express feelings through communication . A close friend or family member is ideal with whom the person can speak out his intense inner feelings and allow the tears to flow out . Tears can washout sadness along with anger , guilt , loneliness and exhaustion . Another influential way to deal with grief is to write a diary...