Grief (Mourning)

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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