Grief and Loss PDF

10/24/23, 5:39 PM Realizeit for Student Grief and Loss Introduction Experiences of loss are normal and essential in human life. Letting go, relinquishing, and moving on are unavoidable passages as a person moves through the stages of growth and development. People frequently say goodbye to places,...

10/24/23, 5:39 PM Realizeit for Student Grief and Loss Introduction Experiences of loss are normal and essential in human life. Letting go, relinquishing, and moving on are unavoidable passages as a person moves through the stages of growth and development. People frequently say goodbye to places, people, dreams, and familiar objects. Examples of necessary losses accompanying growth include abandoning a favorite blanket or toy, leaving a first-grade teacher, and giving up the adolescent hope of becoming a famous rock star. Loss allows a person to change, develop, and fulfill innate human potential. It may be planned, expected, or sudden. Although it can be difficult, loss is sometimes beneficial. Other times, it is devastating and debilitating. Grief refers to the subjective emotions and affect that are a normal response to the experience of loss. Grieving, also known as bereavement, refers to the process by which a person experiences the grief. It involves not only the content (what a person thinks, says, and feels) but also the process (how a person thinks, says, and feels). All people grieve when they experience life’s changes and losses. Often, grieving is one of the most difficult and challenging processes of human existence; rarely is it comfortable or pleasant. Anticipatory grieving is when people facing an imminent loss begin to grapple with the possibility of the loss or death in the near future. Mourning is the outward expression of grief. Rituals of mourning include having a wake, sitting shiva, holding religious ceremonies, and arranging funerals. https://herzing.realizeithome.com/RealizeitApp/Student.aspx?Token=0Dn26kXyU%2f6F5gOCz4%2f2IetnHmRY1md1CtRnQeNY%2brWCRNLakkO6eu8lPN0Va2… 1/1