FUNDAMENTALS Loss & Grief

The absence of something to which the aected person has formed an attachment and can involve people, places, or things

• Loss

• Situational loss

• Maturational loss

• Actual loss

Loss that normally occurs with expected life changes across the lifespan

• Loss

• Situational loss

• Maturational loss

• Actual loss

Sudden unpredictable external events that bring change

• Perceived loss

• Situational loss

• Maturational loss

• Actual loss

Occurs when a person can no longer feel, hear, see, or know a person or object

• Perceived loss

• Situational loss

• Maturational loss

• Actual loss

Uniquely defines by the person experiencing loss

• Perceived loss

• Situational loss

• Maturational loss

• Actual loss

The emotional response to loss

• Anticipatory grief

• Normal grief

• Grief

• Complicated grief

Common reaction characterized by complex emotional, cognitive, social, and physical behavior

• Anticipatory grief

• Normal grief

• Grief

• Complicated grief

Occurs before the actual loss or death

• Anticipatory grief

• Normal grief

• Disenfranchised grief

• Complicated grief

Unusually prolonged grief with significant difficulty moving forwards

• Anticipatory grief

• Normal grief

• Disenfranchised grief

• Complicated grief

Grief that cannot be shared openly bc the relationship is not socially sanctioned, can't be shared, or seems less important

• Anticipatory grief

• Normal grief

• Disenfranchised grief

• Complicated grief