Title: Good Grief: 4 Profound Affects of Grief On Your Brain | Simple Smart Science
Headings: Good Grief: How Mourning Can Affect Your Memory
Good Grief: How Mourning Can Affect Your Memory
Of two things we can be certain: death and taxes. Yet, we never seem prepared for the death of a loved one.
Grief isn’t just for mourning death
Complex Grief
But what about memory?
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About the Author Julia Lundstrom

Content: But what about memory? Interestingly, grief impacts memory deeply. In recent years, a study was published that followed those who had experienced grief from the loss of a loved one. It showed that short-term memory was affected for all the study participants. For those that grieved longer, complicated grief became an issue and memory was impacted even more. For those suffering complicated grief, they could remember almost anything as long the memory involved the deceased loved one. Most other memories were severely impacted if the memory did not include their loved one. Other studies have shown that in some instances, people who are grieving suffer Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), which is known to have memory impact as well. With complicated grief there’s the problem of multiple issues affecting the brain at the same time. Depression, PTSD, and anxiety all contribute to major memory issues sometimes resulting in episodes of complete forgetfulness of the most basic of tasks.