Module 2: Understanding grief
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Module 1: Grieving before the loss
Module 2: Understanding grief
Module 3: How has this loss affected my family and me?
Module 4: Moving through grief
- Moving through grief
- Chapter 1: How can I move through this loss?
- How can I move through this loss?
- Accepting the death
- What have I lost?
- Who am I now?
- Facing grief
- Happiness and guilt
- Where did everyone go?
- How do I recognize and respect my limits?
- When the relationship was difficult
- What can I do with all of the stuff?
- Griefbursts
- Keeping the person in your life
- Remembering and honouring
- Rethinking your personal story
- Key ideas
- Chapter 2: Stuck in grief
- MyGrief.ca survey
Module 5: Making sense of intense emotions
Module 6: Managing difficult situations
Module 8: Do I need more help and where do I find it?
Module 9: When life starts to get better
Module 2: Understanding grief
Chapter 2: What does grief look and feel like?
Key ideas
- Grief looks and feels different to each person.
- Grieving affects thoughts, emotions, behaviour, and body in many ways.
- If intense feelings of anguish, despair, anxiety, hopelessness, or depression persist for more than three months, consider consulting a health care professional.