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Stages of Grief
- Initial reactions
- Shock
- Denial and disbelief
- Emotional numbness
- Guilt feelings
- Anger.
- The grieving process may include:
- Memory loss
- Sleeplessness
- Very tired
- Extreme mood changes
- Logical thinking impaired
- Lack of good judgement
- Sobbing and crying
- No appetite or increased appetite
- Weight loss (or gain)
- Health problems
- Fatigue and listlessness
- Less able to work
- Seeing, hearing, feeling the deceased
- Irrational resentment of your spouse
(when the loss is a child).
- Leveling-off period:
- Sadness with nostalgia.
- Recalling pleasant memories.
- Remembering with humor.
"The loss of a child leaves a permanent gap in the life of the parents, particularly the mother."
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