Grief following the lost of a loved one Is a universally painful experience That initially feel like it will last forever Complicated grief Also knowns as pathological or traumatic grief Includes debilitating reoccurring kinds of painful emotions with intense yearning Longing and searching for the deceased And preoccupation with thoughts of the loved ones Attachment is thought to activate reward pathways in the brain Which may have addiction like properties One explanation to the difference between complicated and non complicated grief Is that reminders of the deceased may activate neural rewards Which my interfere with adapting to the loss in the present