
Only some are related to things like avoidance, denial, and complicated grief. Ultimately, there are many reasons why a person might feel they aren’t grieving as much as they expected.
When Grief Goes From Just Plain Miserable to Problematic. Grief and Psychological Disorder: Understanding the Diathesis-Stress Model. If you want to read more about these topics, try these two articles: However, we don’t want to pathologize the experience of (semi)absent grief on a whole, and, actually, we’re not going to talk about psychological disorders or complicated grief reactions today. This pattern of grief is thought to be an impaired response resulting from denial or avoidance of the emotional realities of the loss.” Many descriptions and definitions for absent grief place it under the heading of “complex” or “complicated.” So obviously, there are instances where absent grief indicates difficulties in coping that go beyond the norms. The APA Dictionary of Psychology defines ‘absent grief’ as: “A form of complicated grief in which a person shows no, or only a few, signs of distress about the death of a loved one. Though this is relatively common, it’s seldom recognized, so when people experience it, they often wonder, “What’s wrong with me?!? Why am I not grieving?” Is this ‘absent grief’? On the other end of the spectrum, many people are surprised by a grief response that feels far less intense than anticipated. You think it will be one thing and then it turns out to be many many more things.
We talk a lot about how unexpectedly overwhelming the grief experience can be.
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Never have I ever heard a bereaved person exclaim, “Grief is just as expected it to be!” Grief is full of surprises, and usually not the enjoyable kind.