The duration of the suffering process differs with each person, partly depending on the nature of the loss experienced. Sadness is perhaps the most common feeling found in grief. It is often but not necessarily manifested in crying. Sadness is often triggered by reminders of the loss and its permanence. Sadness may become quite intense and be experienced as emptiness or despair.
Anger can be one of the most confusing feelings for the grieving person.
Anger is a frequent response to feeling powerless, frustrated, or even abandoned. Consequently, anger may be directed at self, at God, at life in general for the injustice of the loss, for others involved, or, in the case of death, at the deceased for dying. Guilt and less extreme self-reproach are common reactions to things the griever did or failed to do before the loss. Often, grievers become anxious about their ability to take care of themselves following a loss. Also they may become concerned about the well-being of other loved ones.