Publicación:

Síntomas y signos de personas que afrontan el duelo por ruptura amorosa

Resumen

The purpose of this literature review was to identify the signs and symptoms of people facing grief due to love breakdown. To do this, the breakup of couples is described as one of the most painful experiences and grief as a process of adaptation that all people must undergo at some point in their life cycle. During the systematic review it was found that the main physical, emotional, cognitive and behavioral signs and symptoms associated with the different stages of grief are lack of energy, panic attacks, fatigue, apathy, muscle weakness, dry mouth in stomach, sadness, anger, depression, guilt, anxiety, impotence, shock, longing for the lost person, diminished self-esteem, poor self-concept, alterations in sleep patterns, loss of appetite, self-injury, isolation, consumption of alcohol and other psychoactive substances. In conclusion, the natural and necessary love duel is unleashed since it has constructive effects, as well as what the psychologist has to do to resolve the mourning successfully.