Grief

Grief is usually associated with some type of tragedy in a person’s life. The grief is usually manifested in the form of sadness, crying or depression. Grief can be short-lived or last for a long time. The intensity of grief is usually comparable to the feelings a person had for the person or thing they are grieving over. Grief can cause people to do some things that they may normally not do. For example if a person loses a loved one the grief may be so intense they may go out and get drunk. This can even happen if the person grieving doesn’t even drink. If grief is intense in may send a person into a deep depression.

Grief and Depression

Grief can bring on feelings of sadness, but in some cases if the person is really struggling with grief they may sink into what is called a deep depression. This is usually caused by the loss of a loved one. Occasionally there are other factors that can contribute to a person’s depression. Grief and Depression usually go together, but the majority of the time they both leave at about the same time. There is no set time for how long a person may grieve over something or someone. If a person is grieving for an excessively long amount of time, they may have sunk into depression. This depression may require some professional help to over come.

Grief Depression and Medication

There is not set amount time that a person will grieve over something or someone. This makes it difficult to determine when a person is grieving too long. If you believe that someone should have completed the grieving necessary and you believe they may be depressed, you should recommend some professional help. There are grief specialists that can give counseling and help to someone struggling over the loss of a loved one. It may be as simple as speaking to the family Dr. The Dr. may be able to prescribe some medication to assist the grieving person for a short time. Like anything else everyone has a different chemical make up and everyone will react to different situations in different ways. Two siblings may suffer the lost of a parent, one will grieve for a month or so, and the other may grieve for a couple of years.

Grief and the Teenager

Just like an adult who grieves the teenager will need to grieve over the loss of a loved one. The grief may bring about new behaviors in the teen. The new behaviors will not always be positive. The teen may not even associate the new negative behaviors with their grief. They may need some professional help to come to some resolution. They will definitely need someone they can trust to talk to. On the other hand grief over the loss of a loved one may snap a teen out a pattern of negative behavior. The possibilities seem to be endless of how grief will affect each individual person.