Grief over Non-Death Losses

Ratcliffe, Matthew; Richardson, Louise

doi:10.59123/passion.v1i1.12287

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“…Schultz and Harris [77] recorded various "uncommon losses", many of which are nondeath related. Ratcliffe and Richardson [40] discuss philosophically the relationship between classic cases of bereavement and non-death losses.…”

Section: Theories Of Grief and Bereavementmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…These losses are often tangible, such as a disabling injury, but they can also be intangible or include both kinds of aspects. Involuntary childlessness is one example of such a loss that can produce chronic sorrow; again, the "painful discrepancy" between expectations (and hopes) and reality is very evident ( [118,187], compare with [40]). Fundamentally, both the self and the world are at play in chronic sorrow, especially one's experience of the self in the world ( [186] esp.…”

Section: Dynamic Example Ecological Grief Literature and Related Dyna...mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…It has been closely connected with Death Studies, and, indeed, the field has been very much shaped by a focus on grief resulting from the death of a close human person [38]. Gradually, there have emerged frameworks that focus on a broader spectrum of possible losses and griefs, and tellingly these are nowadays often called "nondeath loss and grief" [39,40]. As a whole, this research field is fundamentally about the wide variety of sadness and loss, which has been argued to be an elemental part of human existence in a mortal world (e.g., [41,42], in popular press, [43]).…”

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Ecological changes evoke many felt losses and types of grief. These affect sustainability efforts in profound ways. Scholarship on the topic is growing, but the relationship between general grief research and ecological grief has received surprisingly little attention. This interdisciplinary article applies theories of grief, loss, and bereavement to ecological grief. Special attention is given to research on “non-death loss” and other broad frameworks of grief. The dynamics related to both local and global ecological grief are discussed. The kinds of potential losses arising from ecological issues are clarified using the frameworks of tangible/intangible loss, ambiguous loss, nonfinite loss and shattered assumptions. Various possible types of ecological grief are illuminated by discussing the frameworks of chronic sorrow and anticipatory grief/mourning. Earlier scholarship on disenfranchised ecological grief is augmented by further distinctions of the various forms it may take. The difficulties in defining complicated or prolonged grief in an ecological context are discussed, and four types of “complicated ecological grief” are explored. On the basis of the findings, three special forms of ecological loss and grief are identified and discussed: transitional loss and grief, lifeworld loss and shattered dreams. The implications of the results for ecological grief scholarship, counselling and coping are briefly discussed. The results can be used by psychological and healthcare professionals and researchers but also by members of the public who wish to reflect on their eco-emotions. They also have implications for policy makers.

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“…Schultz and Harris [77] have charted various "uncommon losses", many of which are non-death-related. Ratcliffe and Richardson [40] discuss philosophically the relationship between classic cases of bereavement and non-death losses.…”

Section: Theories Of Grief and Bereavementmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…It has been closely connected with Death studies, and indeed the field has been very much shaped by a focus on grief resulting from the death of a close human person [38]. Gradually, there have emerged frameworks which focus on a broader spectrum of possible losses and griefs, and tellingly these are nowadays often called "non-death loss and grief" [39,40]. As a whole, this research field is fundamentally about the wide variety of sadness and loss, which has been argued to be an elemental part of human existence in a mortal world e.g.…”

Section: General Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Ecological Sorrow: Types of Grief and Loss in Ecological Grief

Pihkala

2023

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Ecological changes evoke many felt losses and types of grief. These affect sustainability efforts in profound ways. Scholarship on the topic is growing, but the relationship between general grief research and ecological grief has received surprisingly little attention. This interdisciplinary article applies theories of grief, loss, and bereavement to ecological grief. Special attention is given to research about “non-death loss” and other broad frameworks about grief. Dynamics related to both local and global ecological grief are discussed. Kinds of potential losses arising out of ecological issues are clarified with the frameworks of tangible/intangible loss, ambiguous loss, nonfinite loss, and shattered assumptions. Various possible types of ecological grief are illuminated by discussing the frameworks of chronic sorrow and anticipatory grief/mourning. Earlier scholarship about disenfranchised ecological grief is augmented by further distinctions about various forms it may take. The difficulties in defining complicated or prolonged grief in ecological context are discussed, and four types of “complicated ecological grief” are explored. Based on the findings, three special forms of ecological loss and grief are named and discussed: transitional loss and grief, lifeworld loss, and shattered dreams. The implications of the results for ecological grief scholarship, counselling and coping are briefly discussed. The results can be used by psychological and healthcare professionals and researchers, but also by members of the public who wish to reflect on their eco-emotions.

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Mourning a death foretold: memory and mental time travel in anticipatory grief

McCarroll,

Yan

2024

Phenom Cogn Sci

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Grief is a complex emotional experience or process, which is typically felt in response to the death of a loved one, most typically a family member, child, or partner. Yet the way in which grief manifests is much more complex than this. The things we grieve over are multiple and diverse. We may grieve for a former partner after the breakup of a relationship; parents sometimes report experiencing grief when their grown-up children leave the family home. We can also experience grief for people we have never met. Indeed, it is not just persons that we may grieve for. People report feeling grief over the death of their pets, or about the destruction the natural environment. In all these cases one factor that seems to stand out is loss. Despite being about very different things, these various forms of grief all involve a loss of some sort. Yet there is a further aspect of grief, which, on the face of it, does not quite follow this pattern. Grief can also be experienced before a loss has occurred. Grief can be experienced while the person that one is grieving for is still living and before one has (fully) suffered the loss. This phenomenon is known as anticipatory grief. The experience of anticipatory grief is a complex phenomenon, which resists easy classification. Nonetheless, we suggest that mental time travel, our ability to mentally project ourselves into the personal past (episodic memory) and personal future (episodic prospection), is a key mechanism that underpins experiences of anticipatory grief. Anticipatory grief can still be understood in terms of loss, but it is a loss that is brought to mind through memory and imagination.

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Grief over Non-Death Losses

Cited by 8 publications

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Ecological Sorrow: Types of Grief and Loss in Ecological Grief

Ecological Sorrow: Types of Grief and Loss in Ecological Grief

Ecological Sorrow: Types of Grief and Loss in Ecological Grief

Mourning a death foretold: memory and mental time travel in anticipatory grief

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