We Love With Grief

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We respond to losing somebody we love with grief. Grief is defined as intense physical and psychological distress. It is hard to accept life and live normally once you have lost someone. Each person is different and they deal with death differently. According to Berk, “An estimated 60 to 70 percent experience mild distress that resolves within a few months. Another 15 to 25 percent experience moderate distress, depression, and difficulties in everyday functioning and recover gradually, usually within a year” (Berk, 2017, p. 665). Everyone reacts differently to death and severe depression only effects 5 to 15 percent of people. During the grieving process grievers may experience anxiety, anger, and depression. This usually happens to people

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