There are "a few days of acute upset and then a much longer period of the longing, the tearfulness.

患者会有“数天强烈的情绪低落，之后会有更长时间对逝者的思念和以泪洗面。

His tearfulness about her fate had already diminished.

他怜悯她命运的情愫早已经荡然无存了。