Scarification at Burial
Inspirational Quotes
| If there is anything I have learned about men and women, it is that there is a deeper spirit of altruism than is ever evident. Just as the rivers we see are minor compared to the underground streams, so, too, the idealism that is visible is minor compared to what people carry in their hearts unreleased or scarcely released. Dr. Albert Schweitzer |
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When people lose something or someone important to them, they are bereaved and they may experience a variety of reactions. These reactions can be so strong or foreign to them that the bereaved may believe they are “going crazy.” They aren’t going crazy; they are experiencing grief. As I describe in my blog Grief and Disease, the grief reactions we experience when we are bereaved are natural, healthy, and normal reactions to the loss of someone dear to us. The following are some of the more common grief reactions we might experience:
Usually, there are many of these happening simultaneously. It is almost like a stew bubbling on the stove. As the stew cooks, various vegetables rise to the top, fall back down and are replaced with others - the carrots may rise to the top, then they sink and the turnips rise up. These are then replaced by the potatoes, etc. Grief reactions can act the same way. For example, at one point in time, a bereaved person may feel angry. After a little time anger is replaced with sadness and that is subsequently replaced with guilt, and then anger rises again, etc. The constantly changing “stew” of emotions, thoughts, sensations, and behaviors can be very unsettling, but not abnormal. What reactions arise and on what time scale are dependent on a number of factors.  |
