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Causes of Grief Our first concept of grief is that it is the emotional response to the death of a loved one. However, people may also experience grief when a person they don’t know personally but revere as a hero or role model passes away. In fact, grief is not limited to loss of life. People experience grief when moving to a new city or when a friend moves away. The loss of any significant item that a person feels an emotional attachment to could also trigger feelings of grief. Say that someone loses their home in a fire, a person loses their job, or a family experiences a divorce. These losses also instigate feelings of loss and the grieving process.

Major or sudden losses can trigger the same feelings of grief as the death of a loved one.

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You Are Not Alone: Grief