• Recurring dreams about the event, loss or loved one
  
• Mentally reconstructing the events surrounding the loss, in an effort to create a different outcome
  
• Trouble concentrating or remembering things
  
• Questioning your spiritual or religious beliefs

• Numb, withdrawn or disconnected
  
• Fear and anxiety when things remind you of your loss
  
• A lack of involvement or enjoyment in everyday activites
  
• Depressed or 'down' much of the time
  
• Bursts of anger, or intense irritability
  
• Emptiness or hopelessness about the future

 
Behaviors:

• Isolating yourself from others
  
• Having problems getting to sleep or staying asleep
  
• Avoiding places & people that remind you of your loss
  
• Staying excessively busy to avoid thinking about deceased loved one 
  

Coping:

• Coping styles depend on one's personality and relationship with the person who has died.
  

• This experience can also be affected by one’s cultural, religious background & mental history.