A traumatic loss is a very different experience from the loss of a child who has been battling a chronic or life-threatening condition for a period of time. Both experiences produce great emotional responses, but a traumatic loss can also produce a tremendous feeling of what emotion?

Rationale: A. Guilt may occur in both traumatic and anticipatory losses but is not the emotion most uniquely associated with sudden traumatic loss. B. Denial can occur in any type of loss as an initial coping mechanism but is not the defining emotional response to trauma. C. Traumatic loss, being sudden and unexpected, often produces a tremendous feeling of anger due to shock, helplessness, and the disruption of normal expectations. D. Depression may develop over time in response to any loss but is not the primary immediate emotional response unique to traumatic loss.