Chapter 4 Managing Stress and Coping with Loss Lesson 3 Coping with Loss and Grief

1. Chapter 4 Managing Stress and Coping with Loss Lesson 3 Coping with Loss and Grief

2. Understanding the grieving process helps you cope with loss and manage your feelings in healthy ways.

3. Acknowledging Loss Acknowledging a loss is one way to help begin the healing process.

4. Acknowledging Loss • Grieving is a • Acknowledging and understanding your grief

5. Expressing Grief The grieving process can help people accept the loss and start to heal. Feelings of loss are very personal.

6. The Grieving Process • Swiss-American psychiatrist Elisabeth Kübler-Ross noted that the grieving process includes stages of grief. Stages of Grief

7. The Grieving Process Stages of Grief • Denial or Numbness • Emotional Release • Depression • Acceptance

8. The Grieving Process • During theDenial or Numbnessstage of grief, • During theEmotional Releasestage of grief,

9. The Grieving Process • During theAngerstage of grief, • During theBargainingstage of grief,

10. The Grieving Process • During theDepressionstage of grief, • During theRemorsestage of grief,

11. The Grieving Process • During the Acceptance stage of grief, the person faces the reality of the loss, and experiences closure. Closure

12. The Grieving Process • During the Hope stage of grief, remembering becomes less painful, and the person begins to look ahead to the future. This stage involves coping. Coping

13. The Grieving Process • Memorial services and sites • How?

14. Coping with Death Coping with death involves receiving and showing support.

15. Coping with Death • Most people respond to loss by mourning. Mourning

16. Coping with Death • Mourning includes:

17. Showing Empathy • Grieving alone makes the process __________ • The friendship and support of others who are • If you know someone who is grieving, • Use silence

18. Community Support • A person’s cultural background • Common mourning rituals,

19. Coping with Traumatic Events Support from family, friends, and community resources can help individuals recover from a traumatic event.

20. Coping with Traumatic Events • After a traumatic event, you may question your sense of security and confidence. Traumatic event

21. After You ReadReviewing Facts and Vocabulary • Identify the stages of grief.

22. After You ReadReviewing Facts and Vocabulary • Define the term coping.

23. After You ReadReviewing Facts and Vocabulary • List three examples of a traumatic event.