ABSTRACT
Grief, as a natural reaction to bereavement, can vary in both intensity and the form it takes. Bereavement is a particular form of loss, involving the death of a loved one. Losses come in many different forms, including primary and secondary, physical and relational, tangible/intangible, and symbolic. Three major kinds of grieving are intuitive, instrumental, and blended. Disenfranchised grief highlights the role of social factors in individuals' experience and expression of grief. Mourning is also used to denote the culturally defined ways of publicly expressing one's grief, as in rituals and customs related to the funeral. Grief work is central to several theories/models of grief, including stage/phase models. Bereavement is a powerful experience, even for the most resilient among people: it forces them to ask questions about the world and their place in it that might never otherwise have occurred to them. Resilience has also been observed in relation to a range of traumatic events and experiences.
