To spare oneself from grief at all cost can be achieved only at the price of total detachment, which excludes the ability to experience happiness. Erich Fromm- Grief is a reaction to loss. It's more than sadness. Grief can affect your actions, emotions, thoughts, body and spirituality. Grief can occur after the death of someone close to us. Grief may also occur following other kinds of loss in your life such as divorce, ending a relationship, job loss, death of a pet, disability, being assaulted, experiencing a disaster (e.g., fire, flood, hurricane, tornado), and not achieving …