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// Intro: A “depressing” lecture on grief + support resources
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Why Do We Grieve? - The Science and Evolution of Human Grief
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- 1 // Intro: A “depressing” lecture on grief + support resources
- 2 // Why do we grieve? The most universal human emotion
- 3 // Defining grief: deep sorrow after an irretrievable loss
- 4 // The evolutionary puzzle: why hasn’t grief been selected out?
- 5 // Childhood separation → adult grief: the “unavoidable hangover”
- 6 // What grief looks like in the brain: complex networks, not one “grief spot”
- 7 // Why grief feels physical: pain pathways & “heartbreak” in the brain
- 8 // The surprising reward link: why the brain can “reinforce” grief
- 9 // Grief as memory + social survival: why it may help groups adapt
- 10 // The origins of mourning: burials, rituals, and early human history
- 11 // A 14,000-year-old clue: humans grieving animals the buried dog
- 12 // Do animals grieve too? Chimps, orcas, and elephants
- 13 // “How much grief is normal?” Prolonged grief + ambiguous loss DSM
- 14 // Why some grief persists: reward circuitry & prolonged grief insights
- 15 // Grief and the body: cortisol, sleep disruption, immune suppression
- 16 // The biggest risk: cardiovascular strain + higher mortality after loss
- 17 // Can we treat grief? Why pills disappoint + CBT shows promise
- 18 // Modern grief expands: pets, objects, heirlooms, and “non-living” loss
- 19 // The future: robots, chatbots, the “Tamagotchi effect,” and digital mourning
- 20 // Closing thought: why grief may be worth it Tennyson
