Reflective Essay On Death And Suicide

This week has been the best week for learning for me. The different topics we have discussed have always been of interest to me as I try to figure out what part of life could be so bad they need to take their own life by committing suicide. I have experienced suicide in a traumatic way a few years ago. I lived in Georgia a few years ago, and the Walgreens I had worked at I had been at for quite a while therefore the employees were all one big happy family. I was the manager one day and one of my staff pharmacists walks in and says, I need to leave, my husband just killed himself. I had of course known this family for some time and could not believe what I had just been told. Her husband, a former police officer who had been a part of the Columbine shooting task force and now a chiropractor, had shot himself in the chest in his car in their driveway with his service weapon. Although the situation is not ideal, I could not …show more content…
As someone who has experienced death when my father passed away is one thing I really needed was someone who would just listen. I believe this be an important part of the grieving process. Kübler-Ross did a lot of research about death and dying and what happens after that is when the stages of grief were formed, one thing that remains true is no two people grieve the same regardless of how alike you are.
Another thing I found intriguing is how different cultures either mourn death or they celebrate it. I don’t mean celebrate it because their loved one is now gone but they celebrate the life that was lived. Many cultures do things to show honor to deceased. Things I can think about that we do in the Christian faith is we choose nice clothing for them to be buried in and we have a wake and the funeral. Other cultures don’t do this. Interestingly enough, like a lot of things, different cultures do things