A subsequent comparatively minor bereavement may then provoke a response which is apparently out of proportion to the bereavement. The Timescale A bereavement may follow different timescales for different persons but, in general terms, the following outline can be observed. 6 months can see the start of the return to take up the life that is left The Effects of Bereavement Physical Tired, sick, hollow stomach, yawning, loss of appetite, sleep pattern disrupted, pain. Emotional Strong, rapidly changing, erupting in the wrong place, outside their control, exhausting. Cognitive Perfectly normal to 'hear' or 'see' lost person.
Brain takes time to catch up with what has happened.
Where there has been no proper ending, it is even more difficult to understand that loss has occurred, viz. drowning, missing person, body given up to research, blown up, on holiday when house burnt down. Cotton wool' feeling. Spiritual People who are 'awake' spiritually, whether Christians or of other faiths may still be angry with God. Often can't see His purposes. We would be pleased to arrange for delivery of any of the recommended books.