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Secondary Loss Explained: Definition & Examples
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What is Secondary Loss?
What’s the difference between primary and secondary loss?
How Secondary Loss Works
1. Acceptance
2. Loss resolution (grieving)
3. Initial shock, disbelief and denial
4. Intermediate period of acute discomfort
5. Restitution and reorganization
Examples of Secondary Loss
1. Grieving the loss of your role as a mother or wife
2. Loss of homeland and culture
3. Unemployment and retirement
Acknowledge Secondary Loss
Honor a loved one with an online memorial.

Content: What is Secondary Loss? Secondary loss amounts to all the smaller losses that result from the death of your loved one or another traumatic event you've suffered. These secondary losses require coping and adjustment to the unanticipated changes in your life created by the primary loss. You may not immediately register these losses — they often don’t show up until much later. As a result, they slowly begin to impact your life in unexpected ways. There will almost always be secondary losses closely related to the first, such as a loss of companionship, loss of income and financial security, loss of your travel companion, and loss of your identity as it relates to your deceased loved one. These losses are most often experienced when you're getting back into your normal routine. You may notice that now you're eating out alone, receiving mail in your name alone, and maintaining the house all by yourself. These smaller losses accumulate into a different type of pain as you go through the stages of grief. You begin to mourn the loss of the role you played in each other's lives.