Processes of Grief (Starts with "Re")
To notice or acknowledge the loss
Recognize
Burst of adrenaline
Sympathetic
Getting assigned as a communicator between conflicting family members
Triangulation / Negotiator
3 Hard Emotions from the week
Say your Hard Emotions from the week
Realizing that negative thoughts are emotions are simply part of life and are okay to have.
Radical acceptance / Mindfulness
Moving forward after loss
Reinvest
Trauma Response
BOTH
Being endlessly treated as incapable or needing help
Infantilized / Baby of the family
3 Coping Skills used this week
Share the 3 Coping Skills you used
Deciding if a thought is valid
Revaluing / Reframing / Reassessing
To change one's live after a loss
Readjust / Rebuild / Restructure
Feeling frozen or forced into submission
Parasympathethic
Child that makes their parents proud, and loses what they want in the process
Golden child / Perfect child
3 Quiet Moments from the week
Share your 3 Quiet Moments
Choosing to move on to something completely unrelated when hard feelings or emotions arise
Distraction / Redirection
To do something because of the loss
React
Serotonin and GABA
Parasympathetic
Child that takes on adult responsibilities due to neglect
Parentified / Young caregiver
3 Skills you are working to build
Share 3 Skills you want to build
Removing one's self from the situation, place, or person that triggers negative emotions
Distancing
To let go of the past
Relinquish
Rest and digest system
Parasympathetic
Person whose strengths are overlooked, for whom the problems in the family are blamed
Scapegoat / Black sheep
3 Strengths you are proud of
Share 3 Strengths that make you proud
Holding off on sharing an emotion, since it might simply pass
Emotional suppression / Waiting it out / Choosing your battles