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This 50-word spiral word search explores grief and loss for high school and college students. Hidden words span Kübler-Ross stages (acceptance, anger, denial implied), symptoms (fatigue, insomnia, palpitations), and processes (healing, renewal, reconstruction). Use it in psychology, health, counselor-training, or social-emotional learning contexts to support discussions about bereavement and emotional processing.

Subject:
Social Emotional Learning
Topic:
Emotional Regulation
Grade Level:
9th Grade – College
Updated January 2023

Word List

  • ACCEPTANCE
  • TRANSFORMATION
  • PEACE
  • EMERGENCE
  • UPWARDTURN
  • HOPEFULSTAGE
  • CALM
  • RECONSTRUCTION
  • WORKINGTHROUGH
  • STAGES
  • PHASES
  • YEARNING
  • ANGER
  • DISORGANIZATION
  • DISPAIR
  • REORGANIZED
  • HEALING
  • RENEWAL
  • CONSERVATIONWITHDRAWAL
  • HOLDINGSPACE
  • ENDURINGCONNECTION
  • ADJUSTING
  • WAVES
  • PROCESS
  • SELFCARE
  • UNIQUE
  • TIMELIMIT
  • LINEAR
  • PSYCHOSOMATIC
  • PHYSICALSENSATIONS
  • COGNITIONS
  • BEHAVIORS
  • ATTITUDES
  • FATIGUE
  • IRRITABILITY
  • HANGER
  • BREATHLESSNESS
  • PALPITATIONS
  • RACINGTHOUGHTS
  • PREOCCUPATION
  • HALLUCINATIONS
  • DREAMS
  • CALLINGOUT
  • CRYING
  • MOURNING
  • MEMORIALIZING
  • INSOMNIA
  • PANIC
  • TRAUMA
  • TRIGGERS

How to Use This Word Search

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