https://doi.org/10.1140/epjst/e2014-02302-0
Regular Article
The grief map
Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie, Escola de Engenharia, São Paulo, Brazil, and Universidade de São Paulo, Departamento de Engenharia de Telecomunicaxxxões e Controle, São Paulo, Brazil
a e-mail: luizm@mackenzie.br;luizm@usp.br
Received: 7 July 2014
Revised: 17 October 2014
Published online: 10 December 2014
Grieving is a natural human reaction to a significant loss. According to a psychiatric model, this process is characterized by a typical sequence of psychological changes. Here, I propose a discrete-time dynamical system, called the grief map, in order to represent the grieving process. The corresponding bifurcation diagram, which exhibits stationary, periodic, and chaotic behavior, is related to the stages of this sorrowful journey occurring during about 12 months post-loss.
© EDP Sciences, Springer-Verlag, 2014
