List five common physical and emotional responses that can be part of the typical grief process. Then explain the four tasks in Worden's model of the grief work process
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: Students may mention any five of the following responses: insomnia, feelings of emptiness or muscular weakness, intense anxiety, sense of unreality, lapses in memory, loss of appetite, depression and social withdrawal, tightness in the throat or shortness of breath, feelings of guilt, difficulty concentrating, hostility, tendency to engage in purposeless behavior, difficulty in making decisions, preoccupation with the image of the deceased, and susceptibility to disease.
Worden's model includes the following four tasks:
1) Accept the reality of the loss.
2) Work through the pain of grief.
3) Adjust to an environment in which the deceased is missing.
4) Emotionally relocate the deceased and move on with life.
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