Archive for Grief Brain & Thought Processes

Using Defense Mechanisms in Grief

Defense mechanisms refer to behaviors used to protect oneself from unpleasant thoughts and emotions like guilt, anger, shame, and jealousy. Some…
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hindsight bias in grief

"I should have known...": Understanding Hindsight Bias in Grief

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  • Eleanor Haley
People have a natural tendency to sift through the ashes of tragedy in search of explanations. To quote Holocaust survivor…
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Thinking About Thinking (and grief): Volume II

A while back I wrote a post about how your brain can't always be trusted.  Sadly your brain can process…
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Thinking About Thinking (and Grief)

We have talked many a time here about how grief can make you feel a bit like you're losing it.…
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Problem Solving Grief

Grief isn't a problem that can be solved. I want to make sure we're all clear on this before proceeding.…
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The Grief Lens and its Impact on Outlook

One thing that keeps me up at night is the subjectivity of life.  Yes, I do have better things to…
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Grief and Gender: Intuitive and Instrumental Grief

We are usually pretty hesitant to even hint at categorizing, labeling, or classifying grief. There are so many different grief…
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dual process model of grief

Grief Theory 101: The Dual Process Model of Grief

Those of you who love love LOVE WYG's grief theory posts have probably been a little frustrated lately. After scouring…
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I'm a womp womp. He's a womp womp. Won't you join my band of womp womps?

Womp-Womp Call to Action: Be Grateful

I think I’ve been a bit of a womp-womp lately. Womp-Womp: A person acting needlessly bummed out or negative toward…
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