Unsuccessful Grieving Methods
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- denying
there is anything to grieve
- denying there
is grieving going on
- denying the
loss by burying your feelings
- replacement
behaviours (subsequent pregnancy, repeat abortion, adoption)
- believing that
time heals all wounds
- obsession over
making mistakes
- self deprecation
(abusive relationships, self-punishing and unforgiving behaviours)
- flight (change
of boyfriend, job, geography)
- self isolation
and insulation (restricted communication, secrecy,defensiveness)
- grieving alone
- ongoing and
unresolved anger (self, God, boyfriend, husband, subsequent children, parents,
friends, baby)
- pursuit of "me-ism"
- sexual dysfunction
( promiscuity, frigidity)
- phobic patterns
(fear of health clinics, being alone, gynecological examinations, panic attacks,
agoraphobia)
- dissociation
and emotional disconectedness
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