STAGE 1 - SHOCK & DENIAL

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SOME OF THE COMMON FEELINGS:

• Agitation – inability to relax, shaken up
• Anxiety – feeling nervous and worried
• Disbelief – trouble accepting the loss really happened
• Fear –individual does not feel safe or worries for the safety of loved ones
• Numbness- can’t feel any emotion
• Powerlessness – having no control over what is happening
• Shock – feeling surprised and disturbed by a sudden powerful event
• Weakness – frail, powerless

SOME OF THE PHYSICAL EFFECTS:

• Release of adrenaline
• Sleeping changes – too little or too much
• Tiredness
• Deep sighing
• Feeling weak
• Muscle tension
• Pounding heart
• Headaches and stomach aches
• Easily shaken by certain sights and sounds (particularly those that remind you of the loss)

MENTAL EFFECTS:

• Continuously thinking about the loss
• Believing you were responsible for the loss
• Increased nightmares
• Thinking everyone is watching you

SPIRITUAL REACTIONS:

• Feeling lost and empty
• Feeling abandoned or punished by God

BEHAVIORS AND SOCIAL INTERACTIONS 

• Being preoccupied and forgetful
• Crying a lot, or more easily
• Blaming others
• Pulling away from other’s attempts to touch and comfort you
• Being aggressive, getting more arguments

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