Time Distortion

Obsessive Review or Ruminating

Search for Meaning

Is This Death God’s Will?

Transitional Objects

Suicidal Thoughts

Grief Attacks or Memory Embraces

Anniversary and Holiday Grief Occasions

Sudden Changes in Mood

Identification Symptoms of Physical Illness

Powerlessness and Helplessness

Crying and Sobbing

Dreams

Mystical Experiences

Loss of Intimacy and Sexuality

Drugs, Alcohol, and Grief

Self-focus

From Understanding Grief: Helping Yourself Heal by Alan D. Wolfelt, PhD Accelerated Development, 1992. Used with permission. Thank you also to Linda Flatt, author, The Basics: Facilitating a Suicide Survivors Support Group.