| A | B |
|---|
| acceptance | final stage of grief when a person begins to experience peace and allows life to provide new experiences and relationships |
| adaptation | management of stress or anxiety |
| adaptive coping | rational and productive way of resolving a problem to reduce anxiety |
| anger | natural, adaptive emotion triggered in response to threats, insulting situations or anything that seriously hampers the intended actions or an individual |
| anticipatory grief | emotional response experienced for some time prior to an event of happening |
| anxiety | built-in part of our basic instinct to respond in the event we are confronted with a threat to our well-being |
| bargaining | step in the grief process in which deals with God are attempted as a way to prolong the inevitable |
| bereavement | expected reaction of grief and sadness after learning of the loss of a loved one |
| burnout | condition of mental, physical, and emotional exhaustion with a reduced sense of personal accomplishment and apathy toward one's work |
| chronic sorrow | prolonged and intensified feelings of loss that render life as meaningless and a mere existence |
| conventional grief | feelings of sadness expected or experienced after a loss |
| cultural identity | binding force of a unique common heritage including beliefs, norms, values and behaviors between members of a cultural group |
| denial | stage of grief process in which there is shock and disbelief that an event occurred, allowing time for adjustment and development of coping strategies |
| depression | persistent & prolonged mood of sadness that extends beyond 2 weeks |
| distress | negative stress in response to a threat or challenge that exhausts & drains energy from the individual |
| dysfunctional grief | prolonged & intensified reaction or failure to complete the grieving process & cope successfully with a loss |
| eustress | positive & motivating stress shown by one's confidence in the ability to master a challenge or stressor |
| external stressors | aspects of the environment that may be adverse to ones well-being |
| fight-or-flight response | reaction to an immediate threat in which ther is a surge of adrenalin into the bloodstream |
| grief | emotional process of coping with a loss |
| internal stressors | physical strain, such as chronic or terminal condition, or psychological issue, such as worry, that affect the body response |
| loss | actual or perceived change in the status of one's relationship to a valued object or person |
| maladaptive coping | unsuccessful attempts to decrease anxiety w/o attempting to solve the problem allowing anxiety to continue |
| mental health | state of well-being in which an individual realizes his/her own abilities, copes with normal stressors of life, works productively, and is ablilities, copes with normal stressors of life, works productively, and is able to make a contribution to society |
| mental illness | cllinically significant behavioral or psychological syndrome or pattern that occurs in an individual & is associated with distress or dysfunction |
| palliative coping | coping strategy that temporarily relieves anxiety, but the problem still exists and must be dealt with at a later time |
| psychological crisis | emotional response to a situation in which the person is totally overwelmed & unable to cope |
| reframing | way of restructoring a negative thinking pattern into one that is less disturbing & over which the individual has some control |
| stress | condition that results when a threat/challenge to one's well-being requires an adjustment or adaptation to the environment |
| stress reaction | physical response to a stressor that is triggered by an arousal of the autonomic nervous system |
| unresolved grief | grief process is incomplete & life becomes mere existence & longing for that which is lost |
