PSYC 208 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Missing Person, Hypoesthesia
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Greif: intense suffering caused by the death of a loved one. Bereaved: people who experience the death of a loved one go through a period of bereavement. Mourning: public displays of grief according to social and cultural norms. Nature of grief comes in a wide range of emotions like guilt anger, despair etc. Grief is not a linear process and does not necessarily end. The same stages as kubler ross" model of dying. Survivors acceptance: accepting the reality that a loved one is gone and this is the new permanent reality. Includes physical shock and emotional shock; numbness, isolation. Reconnect with the missing person, looking for reminders of them - not in. Anger, depression, hopefulness as we accept the change. Starting to rebuild their life and engage in new activities, the pain fades away. Combines the work of kubler ross and bowlby. Disbelief, yearning, anger and depression spike but decline over time.
