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Grief In The Body: How To Use Loss As An Opportunity For Healing

2025/2/17
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Mary Frances O'Connor: 我一直对情绪和关系等无形事物如何被大脑理解,以及当这些事物发生变化时我们的身体如何反应很感兴趣。特别是,亲人去世时身体如何反应是一个神秘的过程。通过理解人们的经历来帮助他们,这就是我进行25年关于免疫系统和心血管系统的研究的原因。研究表明,当人们经历悲伤时,他们的血压和心率实际上会升高,相当于我们在做适度运动。日常生活中挣扎最多的人,在实验室里经历悲伤时,血压升高最多。其他研究表明,确实存在“心碎”现象,人们在亲人去世后有患心脏病和中风的风险。了解悲伤期间心血管系统的反应可以帮助我们更好地支持人们,我们需要找到在他们适应新现实时,如何在情感上支持他们的身体。我们还需要研究哪些干预措施有效,例如,正念冥想或渐进式肌肉放松。丧亲发生的背景也很重要,当丧亲只是我们经历的众多压力之一时,它会开始在身体中积累,这被称为“风化假说”。悲伤会增加全因死亡率的风险,影响多种不同的医疗结果,例如,丧亲者患流感、肺炎和癌症复发的风险也会增加。我对压力荷尔蒙和免疫系统的影响非常感兴趣,因为荷尔蒙和炎症会影响所有器官,并加剧身体中可能存在的任何潜在弱点。我写这本书是为了让人们了解悲伤研究,并帮助他们以不同的方式管理自己的情况。

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This chapter explores the physiological responses to grief, focusing on how the body reacts during waves of grief and the increased risk of cardiovascular complications. Research shows increased blood pressure and heart rate during grief, similar to moderate exercise, particularly in those with higher grief intensity.
  • Increased blood pressure and heart rate during waves of grief comparable to moderate exercise.
  • Those struggling most day-to-day experience the highest physiological responses during grief.
  • Increased risk of heart attack and stroke after the death of a loved one, particularly within the first six months.

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In this episode, Mary-Frances O’Connor joins us to discuss her latest book, The Grieving Body: How the Stress of Loss Can Be an Opportunity for Healing). Mary-Frances is a Professor of Clinical Psychology and Psychiatry at the University of Arizona, where she is the director of the Grief, Loss, and Social Stress (GLASS) Lab) – a place where researchers investigate the effects of grief on the brain and the body.

Mary-Frances’s work focuses on the physiological correlates of emotion, with an emphasis on the range of physical and emotional responses during bereavement. Can a clinical science approach to the experience and mechanisms of grieving optimize interventions for prolonged grief disorder? She sits down to explain…

Listen now to find out:

How the body reacts to waves of grief.  Why some people are more at risk for cardiovascular complications following the death of a person close to them.  What we can do about the issue of acute bereavement.  The role that mindfulness plays in the way we process emotional pain. 

Whether you've faced deep, lasting grief yourself or witnessed a loved one struggle, this conversation will bring valuable insight and clarity. Join the conversation to get familiar with Mary-Frances’s cutting-edge research into this important topic. 

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Episode also available on Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/30PvU9C)

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