"They may preserve the child's room as it was or visit the grave very frequently, even several years after the loss. It becomes a kind of ritual and a duty that they cannot escape," explained study author Josefin Sveen, a Professor of Clinical Psychology at Uppsala University in Sweden, to ScienceDaily.
"Many participants thought [the grief meter] was particularly useful. Being able to see that their grief changed from day to day, that the capacity to remember their child evolved, offered them a sense of hope and progress in their grieving process."
Sveen developed an app designed specifically for parents who have lost a child. The app helps users normalize their thoughts and feelings and then process them over four different ways.
"The first step is learning about what prolonged grief is and about grief in general. The second step is learning how to seek support from your community and from medical professionals."
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