BEREAVEMENT & GRIEF: A MAJOR CAUSE OF EMOTIONAL AND MENTAL BREAKDOWN
The emptiness caused by Bereavement & Grief
With every death, there is a loss and with every loss, there will be grief. You can still find love, peace, joy and happiness after any form of grief no matter the duration.
Grief can negatively affect our mental health and productivity. Frequent occurrences of this emotional breakdown can lead to Depression which is a Mental Disorder. Therefore, it is safe to say that negative emotions are one of the pathways to some mental disorders, depression, addictions and other negative coping mechanisms, unproductivity, unhealthy lifestyles, losses and so on.
BEREAVMENT
It means when someone or something is taken away from us forcefully or violently. This is known as complicated grief and changes a person permanently. It is a sudden event and could be a sudden death of a loved one through murder, accident, heart attack, natural disaster, etc. Note that we can also be bereaved of power, position, marriage, appointment, and we react to these sudden events in different ways especially with shock and numbness. Other reactions are anger, guilt, anxiety, denial, irrational thinking, crying, sobbing or even relief.
Therefore, Bereavement throws one into Grief.