PSYC 3570 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Prolonged Grief Disorder, Cardiovascular Disease, Life Satisfaction
8 Apr 2013
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People who have been through the same thing are the most helpful. If a spouse was unhappy with their marriage, they"ll still grieve, but not as long as people who were happy. Sometimes people avoid the grieving individual perhaps they"re unsure what to say to them, or simply don"t want to deal with their drama. Attack of the nerves may occur loss of consciousness from shock. Some people think death is friendly and believe they can communicate with the dead. Bereavement (an objective fact) we are bereaved when someone dies. We often have had a relationship with that person. It"s sad to lose something we once had. It is also defined as a change in status (become widow, widower, orphan, etc). More widows than ever, social isolation and loneliness have become recognized as a major source of stress and vulnerability. Grief (a painful response) response to bereavement.
