Title: Bereavement and Grief | Mental Health America
Headings: Bereavement and Grief
Bereavement and Grief
Coping With Loss
Knowing What to Expect
Mourning A Loved One
Dealing with a Major Loss
Living with Grief
Helping Others Grieve
Helping Children Grieve
Looking to the Future

Content: Profound emotional reactions may occur. These reactions include anxiety attacks, chronic fatigue, depression and thoughts of suicide. An obsession with the deceased is also a common reaction to death. Dealing with a Major Loss
The death of a loved one is always difficult. Your reactions are influenced by the circumstances of a death, particularly when it is sudden or accidental. Your reactions are also influenced by your relationship with the person who died. A child's death arouses an overwhelming sense of injustice — for lost potential, unfulfilled dreams and senseless suffering. Parents may feel responsible for the child's death, no matter how irrational that may seem. Parents may also feel that they have lost a vital part of their own identity. A spouse's death is very traumatic.