Eakes, Burke, and Hainsworth’s Middle-Range Theory of Chronic Sorrow is an attempt to explain how people react to ongoing losses, as well as single event losses, using a visual model to represent their theory. They theorists explain that chronic sorrow is a cyclical event that will continue as long as the figure that created the loss in the first place still exists. Moreover, although the person experiencing chronic sorrow experiences periods of non-sorrow and moves on with their lives, the grief is likely to consistently return, and the theorists interpret this ongoing experience as a normal response towards an abnormal…
Speak essay Speak is a story that follows a high school Freshman, named Melinda Sordino, as she goes through the five stages of grief. The reason she goes through the five stages of grief, is because she was raped at the beginning of her 9th grade year at a high school party. She was bullied for calling the cops on the guy who raped her at this party. Even though, the people didn't understand why she called them. Though she was harassed at school, her problems at home were just as bad.…
Stages of Grief Introduction The focus of this paper is to analyze Wolterstorff’s reproach in Lament for a Son; which is a true life story of a personal reflection of a father’s grief over his twenty-five year old son during a mountain climbing accident. His son’s life was suddenly cut off at a very tender age. It will also reveal Wolterstorff’s worldview concerning grief, the paradox of death, it’s indignation and fear, his spirituality and how he systematically outlived Kubler-Ross’s philosophy on death.…
"The 7 Stages of Grieving still speaks to us. Wise, honest, tender, funny and eloquent, this work for solo performer still packs a punch" - Australian Stage The play, The 7 Stages of Grieving, was written by Deborah Mailman and Wesley Enoch. After 24 years, it is still as relevant and vital as ever in the fact that it conveys the grieving experienced by Aboriginals, thus the title. Directed by Jason Klarwein, this one-woman play starring Chenoa Deemal manages to convey dramatic meaning in its use of elements such as symbolism, space, costuming and technology.…
A heartbroken mother and father are not giving up on their battle with the state of Oregon to get their children back. KTVZ reports Amy Fabbrini and Eric Ziegler lost custody of both of their sons, with Christopher being taken from them four days after his birth, while his brother Hunter never even got to go home, being removed directly from the hospital when he was born. The couple hasn't been accused of abusing their children, instead, they have been told they are not intelligent enough to raise them. Their low IQ's is the reason the family has been torn apart.…
Often people feel anticipatory grief when they know someone they care about is seriously ill. Anticipatory grief refers to the normal mourning that occurs when a patient or family is expecting a death. Anticipatory grief has many of the same symptoms as those experienced after a death has occurred. It includes all of the thinking, feeling, cultural, and social reactions to an expected death that are felt by the patient and family. It includes depression, extreme concern for the dying person, preparing for the death, and adjusting to changes caused by the death.…
Last January, 14 year old California girl Jahi McMath was pronounced brain dead due to complications from tonsil surgery. As The Guardian reports, it was only after a court order that the hospital released her body into the custody of her family who believes her to still be alive (theguardian.com). Around the same time, CNN reported a similar case involving a Texas woman called Marlise Munoz who was also pronounced brain dead after suddenly collapsing on the floor. Medical caregivers refused to take her off of life support due to state law that required all expectant mothers to be kept alive (cnn.com). The long legal battle that followed between the family and the hospital ended two months later with the hospital finally fulfilling the family’s…
Describe the Situation: Grief is an individual’s natural coping mechanism when dealing with the loss of someone/something no longer in their life. As portrayed by Heart to Heart Hospice, “grief is the natural way we cope with loss” (When You Are Grieving, 2013). Heart to Heart Hospice, located in Indiana, Michigan and Texas, is a hospice agency that provides services for individuals with incurable illnesses and their loved ones. To obtain contact information, services provided or local agencies visit their website HearttoHeartHospice.com. The twenty-six Heart to Heart Hospice locations offers nursing and physician care, social services, occupational and speech therapy, homemaker services and pain management control to individuals with terminal…
This paper presents a summary, analysis, and personal response to an empirical research study titled “Grief and Recovery: The Prevalence of Grief and Loss in Substance Abuse Treatment”. The research seeks to understand the relationship between grief and substance abuse and to identify what losses are commonly associated with substance abuse. Researchers discover several losses that frequently occur prior to, during addiction, and during treatment. Critique II: Grief and Recovery Although the root of substance abuse is often multifaceted, grief and loss may have a profound impact on recovery from addiction (cite source).…
“Grief is like the ocean; it comes in waves, ebbing and flowing. Sometimes the water is calm, and sometimes it's overwhelming. All we can do is learn to swim,”-Vicki Harrison. The waves mentioned in the quote is a use of symbolism to provide a visual of what really gets individuals through tough times. Over the years, people have noticed that there are generally two ways to cope that cover a wide range of scenarios, known as ¨good grief¨ and ¨bad grief¨. When it comes to grief, although it is extremely painful anyway, there are actually good and bad versions of grief and the ways a person gets through it, better known as healthy of unhealthy.…
1. Relationships within and across populations It has been a constant experience at TGH. There is so much to learn about other cultures by part of doctors, nurses, and staff. Fortunately, my life experiences have helped me understand how other people experience grief and suffering and how they might react. That helped me being confident when I had to minister to them.…
That summer I made the conscious decision to take back my life. I reevaluated and saw that the way that I was living was not what I wanted for myself, that I deserved better. I took matters back into my own hands and changed my life. I got a job, I participated in community service, and I found myself again somewhere along the way. When school started this year, I welcomed it as a challenge to push myself even more.…
The death of a loved one is never an easy thing to take in. As you go through the stages of mourning, it seems to get easier to accept it. I have never gone through the stages of mourning. Shedding tears was only a temporary thing that lasted less than a minute. That is because I learned to view death as a beautiful thing at an early age.…
Reflecting back over the information captured from reading their book has given me a clearer sense of how God’s people can perish due to the lack of knowledge (Hosea 4:6, King James Version). Although, I too agree with Leming and Dickerson (2011) that grievers need support and assistance during their bereavement process, sometimes I find it difficult to do so because of not knowing how or what support to offer. Because of that, I will refrain from giving any support for the fear of inflicting more pain on the victim. To help me overcome the hindrance, I would like Leming and Dickerson to provide further information on is how do you ask a grieving person how can you help, or do you?…
Death of a loved one When a loved one passes away we are never prepared for the changes that will come to our lives from this tragic accident. Receiving the call that my aunt had passed away in a car crash was very shocking to me and the whole family. It’s something that no family member in this world wants to go through the loss of a loved one. Managing the emotions and feelings we may have after the news is very important since we have to be strong minded and be able to move forward. Family will always be the most important thing we have in this world since they are everything we really have in life.…