Bereavement syndrome (sometimes called “acute grief”) is the strong emotions experienced as a result of the loss of a loved one. The loss may be temporary (separation) or permanent (death), real or imagined, physical or psychological (Izard). When a person loses an important attachment figure, they experience acute grief. Grief is the process of mourning a death. The end of an important relationship, a valuable period of one’s life. I think any important separation is colored by a similar process. As Zhanna sang: “... parting is a little death.” Completion is a natural stage of any process. All important processes in our lives - communication, relationships and life itself have their ending. Pain at the end of an important period of life, close relationships or the loss of a loved one is natural and normal. The pain of loss is expressed in grief. Grief is the process of accepting closure and making new contact with life. Denial of this process and the feelings associated with it alienates us from ourselves. The mechanisms of denial are associated with the inability to withstand the pain of loss and insufficient support from others. The period of restoration of life after a serious loss takes about a year. What happens during this time and how not to miss your feelings? J. Worden proposed to describe the loss syndrome through the resolution of 4 problems.1. Acknowledgment of the fact of loss. The first reaction to events of loss is denial, the feeling that nothing happened. During this period, it is important to maintain awareness of the loss. Everything is over and will no longer be the same as it was before. At this stage, some mechanisms for avoiding this task are possible. For example, denying the fact itself - no, it is still possible to restore, nothing happened. Or denial of the significance of the loss - these relationships were not too important for me. Such reactions form pathological forms of being stuck in unlived feelings, protecting against a painful encounter with reality. The normal solution to the problem is the realization that reunification with the lost is impossible.2. Accept the pain of loss - experience all the difficult feelings that accompany loss. Sadness, powerlessness, anger, anger, etc. Sometimes pain is experienced as a lack of feelings and apathy. During this period, it is difficult for others to support the grieving person. They feel their powerlessness and because of this they consciously/unconsciously tell the person: “you shouldn’t grieve.” Many justifying and invigorating motives are given. This aggravates the mechanisms of denial of the grieving person and makes it difficult for feelings to follow their path. Denial of loss at this stage manifests itself through withdrawal into activities that do not leave room and time for feelings.3. Organizing an environment where the absence of what is lost is felt. A task that requires a person to reorganize his life and acquire new skills.4. Build a new attitude towards loss and continue living. During this period, the solution lies in changing the attitude towards the loss in such a way that it becomes possible to live on. The main signs of a successful resolution of all problems of loss are the ability to address most of one’s own energy and feelings not towards the loss, but towards other people and new impressions. Being able to talk about loss without strong feelings.