Psychological and Physical Effects of Loss and Grief

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Writtle College: CHELMA 2A 13 Tutor: Kay Milton Title: “Psychological and Physical effects of loss and grief.” Module 7 Word Count: 2852 In this essay I will discuss the psychological and physical effects of loss and grief and how an ethical therapist might incorporate this into their work. “Our most fundamental human condition is that we come face to face with our own mortality.(1) First and foremost I think the most important thing to remember when a person suffers from loss/grief that there is no time limit on the emotional or physical healing process. We must always be aware that each person will deal with things differently and in their own time. Also we must take into account that grief or loss does not always mean the death of somebody. It can relate to the loss of a job or partnership. Moving house or locating to a new area.(2) However in this essay I will be looking at grief and loss as bereavement. It seems to me that it is the fear of change that we do not like in our lives, and this starts from the day we are born. We all have change in our lives be it good or bad and our psychological reaction to this is similar to that of the grief process. We all seem to have a fear of death and yet it is inevitable from the day we are born. The joyous occasion celebrated by family and friends when a child comes into the world and the sombre and sad exit we all have to face at some point when it is the end. I will first bring my own experiences to this essay on loss and grief and how I have coped in my own way. How for me I think I suffered from delayed grief and how it manifested itself forty years later. I had the perfect life for the first eight years of my childhood. Happy parents, siblings, nice holidays and family time, but that all changed. When I was eight my father died leaving my mother to bring up three children. My older

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