What You’ll Learn
1. Identify causes of loss and grief.
2. Identify symptoms of loss and grief.
3. Identify the five stages of loss and grief.
4. Discuss healthful ways to
respond when someone close
to you is dying.
5. Discuss healthful ways to
respond when someone you
know is grieving a loss.
6. Discuss healthful ways to
respond when you are
grieving a loss.
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Key Terms
• loss
• grief
• anticipatory grief
• out-of-order death
• invincible
• empathy
• five stages of loss
and grief
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Loss and Grief
• A loss is the feeling that occurs when
someone dies or a life situation changes.
• Grief is the intense emotional suffering
caused by a loss, disaster, or misfortune.
• Anticipatory grief is grief experienced prior
to a loss.
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What to Know About Loss and Grief
Causes of Loss and Grief
• The causes of loss and grief include:
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a change in the family,
changes in living conditions,
the death of a friend,
suicide,
the death of a well-known person,
tragedies in the news, and
the end of something special.
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What to Know About Loss and Grief
Causes of Loss and Grief
• Changes in the family Causes of loss and
grief include the death of a family member, the
divorce of parents, a serious or terminal
illness, or the death of a family pet.
• Changes in living conditions Causes of loss
and grief include a negative change in
financial status, a sudden reduction in lifestyle,
and homelessness.
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What to Know About Loss and Grief
Causes of Loss and Grief
• Death of a friend
– An out-of-order death is the death of a person
that occurs at an unexpected time in his or
her life cycle.
– You grieve the loss of a friend and at the
same time realize that you are not invincible.
– To think you are invincible is to view yourself
as incapable of being harmed.
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What to Know About Loss and Grief
Causes of Loss and Grief
• Suicide You might wonder if you could have
done anything to prevent the suicide(s) and
feel guilty because you are still alive.
• Death of a well-known person You might
imagine what it might be like to be a family
member of the person who died, and you
might feel the family’s sense of grief and loss.
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What to Know About Loss and Grief
Causes of Loss and Grief
• Tragedies in the news You value human life
and are saddened when life and property are lost.
– Empathy is the ability to share in another
person’s emotions or feelings.
• The end of something special Even though
you look forward to your future, you might
have feelings of grief and loss.
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What to Know About Loss and Grief
The Five Stages of Loss and Grief
• Teens will experience a variety of emotions that
must be worked through before they can accept
what has happened to them.
• The five stages of loss and grief are
psychological stages of grieving that include
denial, anger, bargaining, depression,
and acceptance.
• The amount of time you might spend in each
stage will vary.
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What to Know About Loss and Grief
The Five Stages of Loss and Grief
• Dealing with a terminal illness The five-step
grieving process can be illustrated by the
example of people with terminal illnesses.
– Step 1: If people are told by a doctor that
they have a terminal illness, they might refuse
to believe that they are dying.
– Step 2: They might direct their anger at
others, such as their physicians or family
members.
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What to Know About Loss and Grief
The Five Stages of Loss and Grief
– Step 3: They try to avoid death by making
deals and promises.
– Step 4: When they realize bargaining will not
change the outcome, they become depressed.
– Step 5: Once people who are terminally ill
accept that they are dying and begin to say
goodbye, they try to enjoy the remainder of
their lives.
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What to Know About Loss and Grief
Symptoms of Loss and Grief
Symptoms of loss and grief include the following:
• numbness
• shortness of breath
• shock
• confusion
• loss of appetite
• crying spells
• intestinal upsets
• moodiness
• sleep disturbances
• outbursts of anger
• loss of energy
• depression
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Dealing with a Loss
• The response to loss and
grief differs based on
who we are, whom or
what we have lost, and
how much our day-to-day
life is changed.
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Healthful Ways to Respond to a Loss
• When someone close to you is dying
– When this happens, both you and the person
who is dying experience anticipatory grief.
– The person who is dying grieves the loss
of his or her life.
– You grieve the loss
of the person you
care about or love.
– The time you have left
to share is very
important.
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Healthful Ways to Respond to a Loss
• When someone you know is grieving a loss
– Make yourself available and comfort this
person by doing something thoughtful.
– Have empathy for the person’s loss and offer
support rather than trying to lessen the loss.
– Encourage the person to talk about his or her
grief, and be able to recognize signs of grief
that are not healthful.
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Grieving a Loss
• There are many healthful ways to
deal with grief.
• You can manage grief in a
healthful way.
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Grieving a Loss
1. Talk with your parent, guardian,
mentor or other trusted adult.
2. Ask your friends and family
members to comfort and
support you.
3. Have someone stay by your
side for a period of time if you
prefer to not be alone.
4. Give yourself time to grieve,
including some “alone time.”
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Grieving a Loss
5. Express your feelings in
healthful ways.
6. Maintain a normal schedule and
routine as much as possible.
7. Protect your health.
8. Seek professional help if you are
unable to make adjustments or
have lingering anger and
depression.
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Study Guide
1. Match the following terms and definitions.
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C loss
A. intense emotional suffering
caused by a loss, disaster,
or misfortune
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A grief
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B invincible
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D empathy
B. to view oneself as incapable
of being harmed is to think
you are ____________
C. the feeling that occurs when
someone dies or a life
situation changes or ends
D. the ability to share another
person’s emotions or feelings
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Study Guide
2. Number the five stages of loss and grief in
the correct order.
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bargaining
3
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anger
2
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acceptance
5
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denial
1
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depression
4
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Study Guide
3. What is an out-of-order death?
An out-of-order death is the death of a
person that occurs at an unexpected time in
his or her life cycle.
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