PSYC 208 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Digital Identity, Fetus, Natural Disaster
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The death of strangers is typically not associated with grief, mourning, or bereavement. It is the death of a significant other, a person with whom one has meaningful personal relationship, that is distressing. A wife who loses a husband becomes a widow, a husband who loses his wife becomes a widower, a child who loses both parents becomes an orphan. Grieving was work, and the goal was the end of grief. If (cid:455)ou do(cid:374)"t rea(cid:272)h the e(cid:374)d, or take too lo(cid:374)g to rea(cid:272)h the e(cid:374)d, (cid:455)ou (cid:373)a(cid:455) feel as if (cid:455)ou ha(cid:448)e (cid:862)failed grief(cid:863) It is recognized that the process of grieving is not linear and that grief does not necessarily end. In a sense, each person follows his or her own path in the course of grieving: each person tends to grieve in a unique way and thus has his or her own pathway through grief.
