Anticipatory grief Anticipatory grief Anticipatory grief refers to a feeling of grief occurring before an impending loss. Typically, the impending loss is the death of someone close due to illness. This can be experienced by dying individuals themselves and can also be felt due to non-death-related losses like a scheduled mastectomy, pending divorce, company downsizing or war. The five stages namely, denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance proposed by Elisabeth Kübler-Ross in her model of grief describe the process by which people undergo after a loss. Anxiety, dread, guilt, helplessness, hopelessness, and feelings of being overwhelmed are also common. However, it is
The Grief of Others The Grief of Others The Grief of Others is a 2015 American drama film written and directed by Patrick Wang. It is based on the 2011 novel "The Grief of Others" by Leah Hager Cohen. The film stars Wendy Moniz, Trevor St. John, Rachel Dratch, Chris Conroy, Jenna Cooperman, Sonya Harum and Mike Faist. The film premiered at South by Southwest on March 15, 2015. The film was received with positive reviews. Rotten Tomatoes gives a score of 100% based on 9 reviews, with an average score of 7.6/10. At Metacritic it scored 78% based on reviews from 8 critics,