Grief: Responses and Coping Strategies

Grieving Age and Death
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Meaning of Grief
Grief refers to intense sorrow, distress, or emotional suffering caused by loss, misfortune, or disaster (Kokou-Kpolou, et al., 2020). It is the anguish one encounters following an event that disrupts their normalcy, such as the loss of a loved one or pet, divorce, loss of a job, financial instability, terminal illness, and natural calamity (Kokou-Kpolou, et al., 2020). These events expose individuals to psychological distress, confusion, anxiety, discomfort, and pain, affecting their thoughts, feelings, and actions.
Type of Grief
One type of grief is the loss of a loved one. This includes the death of a partner, a child, a family member, or a friend. People who lose their loved ones may experience series of intense emotions, ranging from deep sadness, despair, disbelief, and emptiness to guilt, shock, numbness, and regret (Kokou-Kpolou, et al., 2020). Although loss is a natural occurrence in life, the bereaved can still struggle to accept that the person is gone, resulting in prolonged sadness and emotional distress. Coping with this event may be hard.
Grief responses vary from person to person, meaning everyone employs their coping mechanism when bereaved. One of the typical grief responses is mourning. Mourning is the natural process the bereft goes through to accept a loss. It may include crying to express feelings and honoring the dead through religious rituals. Religious rituals such as funerals or memorial services