Bowlby's+Stages+of+Grief

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Definition:
Stage 1: Numbness - Characteristic of the first few days after the death of the loved one and occasionally longer; mourner experiences disbelief, confusion, restlessness, feelings of unreality, and a sense of helplessness.

Stage 2: Yearning- The bereaved person tries to recover the lost person; may actively search or wander as if searching; may report that he or she sees the deceased person; mourner feels full of anger, anxiety, guilt, frustration; may sleep poorly and weep often.

Stage 3 Disorganization and Despair - Searching ceases and the loss is accepted, but acceptance of loss brings depression and despair, or a sense of helplessness; this stage is often accompanied by great fatigue and a desire to sleep all the time.

4. Reorganization- Sanders views this as two periods, Bowlby only as one. Both see this as the period when the individual takes control again. Some forgetting occurs and some sense of hope emerges, along with increased energy, better health, better sleep patterns, and reduced depression.

Chapter 19, p. 556-558, see table 19.5, p. 557 ==

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Related to:Death rituals,Coping with Death and Grief,Brain Death,Clinical Death,DEATH, DYING AND BEAREVMENT

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Grieving is to death, as celebrating is to birth.

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