what is unresolved grief?

What's the difference between being depressed due to unresolved grief and feeling overwhelmed and depleted due to your present circumstances like money problems, emotional issues, or relationship challenges? How do we know when we have unresolved grief?
Unresolved grief is the pain of conflicted feelings that surround any devastating loss. These conflicted feelings can show up as thoughts like "I keep thinking about him, but he makes me so mad, I don't know why I keep loving him", or "I can't get past the pain of my mom's death. It's been over ten years since she died, but the memories of those days plague my dreams".
There is help available to getting through unresolved grief by taking specific actions. Just as we can effectively solve other major issues in our life, there are programs to effectively help us move beyond grief.
The program of actions I have found for successfully completing on past grief and loss, either recent or long ago are spelled out in The Grief Recovery Handbook by John James and Russell Friedman of the Grief Recovery Institute. This is the 12-week program I lead.
Did you know there are over 40 losses that can occur in your life any one of which can make it nearly impossible for you to really accomplish what you once thought possible? The first step to dealing with loss is to tell the truth about how you feel. Talking about loss instead of keeping it buried deep in our mind and body will give you the little power boost to take the next step.