Week 7 Intro

100

Signs include:

• Strong yearning, longing, sadness
• Thinking and hearing about loss can cause strong reactions
• Can become confused about identity or social role
• Disengage from usual activities
• May be in disbelief or shock 
• Dysphoria, anxiety, depression, anger, also physiological changes like sleep, heart rate,     immune system

Acute Grief

200

How might grief impact someone?

• Emotions
• Thoughts 
• Behaviour
• Beliefs
• Physical health 
• Sense of self and identity 
• Relationships with others

300

Unreasonably unconscious as to why one has to express grief, can't, won't or don't participate

Unhealthy/toxic grief

100

Signs include:

• Persistent, intense yearning, longing and sadness
• Persistent thoughts or images about loss 
• Inability to accept painful reality
• Rumination 
• Avoidance of situations 
• Estranged from others 
• Diminished sense of self or discomfort 
• Friends and relatives often frustrated, confused

Complicated Grief

200

Reasonably conscious as to why one must express grief and participate

Healthy grief

300

Can be acute, chronic or complex

Trauma