In the four step model there are: Shock and Denial This process is different for every person but can be understood in four or more stages, depending upon the theory that is being used.
Going through the grieving process is not the same for everyone, but everyone does have a common goal acceptance of the loss and to keep moving forward. It is only when a person gets stuck in one step for a long period of time that the grieving can become unhealthy, destructive and even dangerous. Loss can be categorized as either physical or abstract, the physical loss being related to something that the individual can touch or measure, such as losing a spouse through death, while other types of loss are abstract, and relate to aspects of a person’s social interactions.Įvery step of the process is natural and healthy. The grief associated with death is familiar to most people, but individuals grieve in connection with a variety of losses throughout their lives, such as unemployment, ill health or the end of a relationship. It is the emotional suffering one feels when something or someone the individual loves is taken away. While the terms are often used interchangeably, bereavement refers to the state of loss, and grief is the reaction to loss. Although conventionally focused on the emotional response to loss, it also has physical, cognitive, behavioral, social, spiritual, and philosophical dimensions.
Grief is a multifaceted response to loss, particularly to the loss of someone or something to which a bond was formed. Both mothers were grieving for their sons…one gone forever, and another who would have life-long consequences for his actions.
The young people in our town all knew the boy killed and they were asking “Why?” Why did God allow this to happen? At the time, they wanted justice, not mercy for the accused drunk driver. Two families’ lives shattered because of a horribly bad decision. It’s been several years since a young boy in our town lost his life because another young man made the tragic choice to get behind the wheel of his car and drive drunk.
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