What is Prolonged Grief Disorder?

Discussion Grief is the process of experiencing different emotions, expressions and action in response to the death of someone the person cares about. This is a personal and private process. Grief can occur for other significant losses such as a divorce, job, or health. People may overlook loss of routine and special activities, presumed safety, and autonomy that can also cause loss and grief. Additional traumas of these loss types have been magnified especially in the past couple of years as the world lives with Covid. Mourning is a public process of showing grief. This often involves religious beliefs and customs, and cultural customs. Bereavement is the time period of grief and mourning. The deceased’s relationship with the survivor, the circumstances around the death or loss, previous experiences with death or loss and the supports the person has or can gather are key factors in shaping how the survivor experiences their grief. Often today people use a framework of a 5 stages approach to understanding the grieving process for adults. People may have components of these at any time and some are shorter or longer but generally people experience these stages including: Denial – that the death or loss has occurred or will occur as this can happen even before the death. People may experience fear, shock, numbness, distress, and may avoid reminders of the deceased. Anger – this can last for days to months and people may experience anger, frustration, loneline...
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