the experience called grief

The Experience Called Grief

Gary D. Smith, MAEd.

Five Stages of NormalReaction to Loss

1. Denial

2. Anger

3. Bargaining

4. Depression

5. Acceptance

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Death brings a flood of feelings and emotions to each person in their own

way!

Feeling

A sense of knowing or an impression on

the mind

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Emotion

A mental and bodily

reaction accompanied by a strong

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Stages of Grief

1. Denial

a) Acknowledging

the loss

2. Anger

a) Experiencing

the pain

3. Bargaining

a) Experiencing the pain

b) Re-adjusting to the loss

4. Depression

a) Finding a way to move on

Acknowledging the Loss May be Hard

Shock DisbeliefConfusionAnxietyPanic

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Children Acknowledging the Loss

• Anger • Frustration• Questioning• Guilt• Copying the

behaviors of others

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Adults acknowledging the loss

AngerFrustrationGuiltBlaming othersA sense of loss

of control

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Disorientation Phase

Despair Lowered self-

esteem Pre-occupation Loneliness State of disequilibria Tearful

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The Faces of Grief are Different in Each Person

Bargaining / Experiencing the Pain

DisorientationFearLoss of ControlState of LimboFrustration Vulnerable

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Depression / With the Pain

• Helplessness• Hopelessness• Resentment• Bitterness• Emptiness• Sadness

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Bargaining and Adjustment( Adaptation )

Re-adjusting to the loss Struggling with new roles

and responsibilities Envy Yearning Missing

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Acceptance a Sense of Healing

Developing a new environment

New Relationships

New ActivitiesNew HopeA Sense of

Healing

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Acceptance Reconciling The Loss

Hope for the future

Growth from the trial

Healing from the heart

Remembering with less pain

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Rainbows Give Us Hope For The FutureAnd Build Bridges Over Our Trials.

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There Is Life After Grief

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