Emotions are sensations that accompany the loss of someone or something dear to you. This makes sense when you consider that grief often weighs you down with sorrow and other emotions that can have both psychological and physical consequences.
How you respond to a particular loss
How the person died:
Your reaction to an surprising death — a unexpected heart attack, an accident, an act of aggression — may be very different from the grief you feel when someone you love dies after a long sickness.
Your relationship with the person
The nearness of the affiliation — spouse, parent, sibling, teenager — plays a role, of course. In the case of a blood relative, another aspect is whether the person was a day after day or usual existence in your life.
Your personality and coping style
If you’re a usually flexible person, you may feel just as much hurt over a loss as someone whose regular state is depressive or sensitively exposed, but you may find it easier to recover your symmetry and to enjoy life again.
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