Teen Grief's Delayed Reactions—Little Gracie's Experience

Teen grief is different. Adults feel their grief immediately. Teens are unable to feel the intense emotional reactions until later in life. Because of that difference, teens can appear insensitive to adults and feel guilty for not feeling sufficiently miserable. Teens also automatically and unconsciously accept blame for whatever caused the family member’s trauma. This book details the experience of one who did suffer those intense emotional reactions later in life. Different from the author’s first book, Mama’s in Heaven—But You Can Manage, this book shares the hurt, turmoil, and frustration caused by the sudden loss of two family members at age thirteen. While the first book was written to help teens cope soon after emotional loss, Teen Grief’s Delayed Reactions—Little Gracie’s Experience has been written for adults whose long-term healing includes coping with those intense emotional reactions as they surface.