What is Grief? What does it mean to Grieve??

Grief is a multi-faceted response to loss, particularly to the loss of someone or something to which a bond was formed. Although conventionally focused on the emotional response to loss, it also has physical, cognitive, behavioral, social, and philosophical dimensions. While the terms are often used interchangeably, bereavement refers to the state of loss, and grief is the reaction to loss.

The nomads

Nomads have not yet resolved their grief and do not seem to understand the loss that has affected their lives.
The memorialists
This identity is committed to preserving the memory of the loved one that they have lost.
The normalizers
This identity is committed to re-creating a sense of family and community.
The activists
This identity focuses on helping other people who are dealing with the same disease or with the same issues that caused their loved one's death.
The seekers
This identity will adopt religious, philosophical, or spiritual beliefs to create meaning in their lives.


Death of a child
Death of a child can take the form of a loss in infancy such as miscarriage or stillbirth^[28] or neonatal death, SIDS, or the death of an older child. In most cases, parents find the grief almost unbearably devastating, and it tends to hold greater risk factors than any other loss. This loss also bears a lifelong process: one does not get 'over' the death but instead must assimilate and live with it.
Intervention and comforting support can make all the difference to the survival of a parent in this type of grief but the risk factors are great and may include family breakup or suicide.^]
Feelings of guilt, whether legitimate or not, are pervasive, and the dependent nature of the relationship disposes parents to a variety of problems as they seek to cope with this great loss. Parents who suffer miscarriage or a regretful or coerced abortion may experience resentment towards others who experience successful pregnancies. Because of the intensity of grief emotions, irrational decisions are often made.



If i do not greive the way you expect please keep that to your self. or Delete me. I could care less. My page is MY PAGE for a reason. I lost a child not a toy. how ever i have lost that too. Kennedy will never be forgoten. Please do not tell me to GET OVER it, I will live this nightmare the rest of my life, but WILL learn to handle it. I will learn to live again with her memory and her siblings.