Grief is a deep emotional feeling of loss or permanent loss.
I grieve for whatever I believe that is permanently lost.
It is particularly evident when we lose a person that we love.
When I love a person because I need them emotionally, I will grieve at losing them; which is my grief for my loss.
My grief is the deep feeling of having lost what I need emotionally.
It is the absence of my emotional power that the person whom I grieve for used to supply.
It is the belief that only they are able to give me what I need emotionally.
This endorses my belief that the loss is permanent.
Grief does not ease with time.
What changes over time is my belief that my loss of emotional energy is permanent.
My grief can be healed instantly by another person meeting my emotional needs for me.