Kategorier: Alle - loss - rituals - grief

af Matthias Behrends 4 år siden

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Grief (Mourning)

Grief (Mourning)

Grief (Mourning)

"Mourning Well"

How much externalization do you need?
Summary
this can be very different from person to person, but there are patterns

Complicated Grief

Causes
mourning is destructive only when mixed with guilt, shame, helplessness

Accompanying Mourning / Grief

Terminology

Sorrow
Grief vs. Mourning
The Cambridge Dictionary does not make this distinction, however.

Mourning:

"great sadness felt because someone has died" (Cambridge Dictionary)

Grief:

"very great sadness, especially at the death of someone" (Cambridge Dictionary)

Some make the disctinction as follows:
Mourning
The shared, social response to loss.
The external expression of grief through ...

specific behaviors

sharing memories

rituals

...

for saying Goodbye

for remembrance

including funerals

Grief
a feeling of profound loss