Grief

A family mourns during a funeral at the Lion's cemetery during the Siege of Sarajevo in 1992.

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Grief is a reaction when someone or something loses something personal. This is usually when someone loses something living that has died, to which a bond or affection was formed. Reactions to grief can be different depending on the person. They can cry, be mad or even not react because they are in shock.

Some people say that grief comes in five parts:

1. denial
2. anger
3. guilt
4. depression
5. acceptance

Grief Media

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  An Iranian mother mourning her son, who was killed in the Iran-Iraq war over 20 years earlier.

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  Grief can be caused by the loss of one's home and possessions, as occurs with refugees.

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  "Pietà" by El Greco, 1571–1576

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  Grief in art: grave statue at Vienna Central Cemetery

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  People who lose their jobs, such as these people in California, may experience grief.

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  A grief-stricken American soldier is comforted by a fellow soldier after a friend is killed in action during the Korean War.

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  In August Friedrich Schenck's 1878 painting Anguish, a grieving ewe mourns the death of her lamb.