Question

1. Define the concepts of loss, grief, mourning, anticipated grief, agony, death
and dysfunctional grief.

2. List and describe the types of losses.

Answer 1

Grief is the response to loss, particularly to the loss of someone or something that has died, to which a bond or affection was formed. Although conventionally focused on the emotional response to loss, it also has physical, cognitive, behavioral, social, cultural, spiritual and philosophica dimensions. The grief associated with death is familiar to most people, but individuals grieve in connection with a variety of losses throughout their lives memory could be a trigger for the bereaved, the way the bereaved chose to remember their loved ones, and how the bereaved integrate the memory of their loved ones into their daily lives . main attributes to this track include; imagery/memory, emotional distance, positive effect, negative effect, preoccupation with the loss, conflict, idealization, memorialization/transformation of the loss, impact on self-perception and loss process 2.Types of Losses

Immigration. These losses are usually profound, involving as they do so many of life's anchors

Physical Losses

Relationship Losses

Psychological Losses

Sundry Losses

Losses of Freedom

Losses Resulting from Significant Trauma.