First off, some people turn to alcohol or drugs as a mechanism for coping with the pain of loss. For example, they feel as if alcohol will numb the pain that their going through with losing someone close to them. As Marie Kim Wium-Andersen, David Dynnes Ørsted, Janne Schurmann Tolstrup, and Børge Grønne Nordestgaard state in their article, Increased alcohol consumption as a cause of alcoholism, without similar evidence for depression: a Mendelian randomization study, “Increased alcohol consumption has been associated with depression” (526). This means that there is a connection with the alcohol and depression. That if someone is very depressed they will most likely drink alcohol as a way to try and cope with that depression. Additionally, people
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One example of a way people often harm themselves when trying to cope with the pain of loss is suicide. As Chbosky also states in The Perks Of Being a Wallflower, “And he called it "Absolutely Nothing". Because that's what it was really all about. And he gave himself an A. and a slash on each damned wrist. And he hung it on the bathroom door. because this time he didn't think. he could reach the kitchen” (71). This was the ending of a quote that Charlie had written on Christmas about him committing suicide. He had been extremely depressed since his best friend had committed suicide and his Aunt Helen had died in a car crash. It shows that people can have big depression issues when trying to cope with the pain of loss and some even go to the deeps of committing suicide because they don’t know what else to do. They feel lost and all alone in the world and they cry out for help in their own ways that some people don’t hear. Another example of how people cope with the pain of loss in a self destructive way is cutting themselves. As Rameshwari Rao states in the article Wounding To Heal: The Role of the Body in Self-cutting,“The act of self-cutting pulls the individual together while simultaneously tearing her apart with its self-destructive, shaming, and addictive consequences” (45). What Rao means by this is that self-cutting can destroy a person by numerous ways. People who self-cut …show more content…
One mechanism of therapy that people use when trying to cope is group therapy. For example, Sara Garrow and Jennifer A. Walker state in their article Existential Group Therapy and Death Anxiety that, “Existential therapy in groups for older adults can help to provide life meaning; to facilitate social support; and to improve coping with grief, loss, chronic illness, and ultimately death” (77). This meaning that group therapy helps with all different types of coping. It helps with coping with grief and loss because it makes someone feel less alone. This is because there are multiple people in the same room as someone going through the same or close to the same type of problem. It also lets a person open up to more than just one person and feel supported by more than just one person. Group therapy helps lots of people overcome the obstacle of coping with the loss of a loved one in a healthy and mature way. Another example of therapy that helps the coping process is one on one therapy. As George Kurian explains in his article Emotionally-Focused Therapy in Adolescents Grief Work: What Helps Healthy Grieving?, “Emotionally Focused Therapy is a practical way to help adolescents cope with their normal grief reactions of depression, anxiety, anger, feelings of rejection and sense of worthlessness” (1). This article talks about the way adolescents cope with the loss of a loved one in numerous
One example of a way people often harm themselves when trying to cope with the pain of loss is suicide. As Chbosky also states in The Perks Of Being a Wallflower, “And he called it "Absolutely Nothing". Because that's what it was really all about. And he gave himself an A. and a slash on each damned wrist. And he hung it on the bathroom door. because this time he didn't think. he could reach the kitchen” (71). This was the ending of a quote that Charlie had written on Christmas about him committing suicide. He had been extremely depressed since his best friend had committed suicide and his Aunt Helen had died in a car crash. It shows that people can have big depression issues when trying to cope with the pain of loss and some even go to the deeps of committing suicide because they don’t know what else to do. They feel lost and all alone in the world and they cry out for help in their own ways that some people don’t hear. Another example of how people cope with the pain of loss in a self destructive way is cutting themselves. As Rameshwari Rao states in the article Wounding To Heal: The Role of the Body in Self-cutting,“The act of self-cutting pulls the individual together while simultaneously tearing her apart with its self-destructive, shaming, and addictive consequences” (45). What Rao means by this is that self-cutting can destroy a person by numerous ways. People who self-cut …show more content…
One mechanism of therapy that people use when trying to cope is group therapy. For example, Sara Garrow and Jennifer A. Walker state in their article Existential Group Therapy and Death Anxiety that, “Existential therapy in groups for older adults can help to provide life meaning; to facilitate social support; and to improve coping with grief, loss, chronic illness, and ultimately death” (77). This meaning that group therapy helps with all different types of coping. It helps with coping with grief and loss because it makes someone feel less alone. This is because there are multiple people in the same room as someone going through the same or close to the same type of problem. It also lets a person open up to more than just one person and feel supported by more than just one person. Group therapy helps lots of people overcome the obstacle of coping with the loss of a loved one in a healthy and mature way. Another example of therapy that helps the coping process is one on one therapy. As George Kurian explains in his article Emotionally-Focused Therapy in Adolescents Grief Work: What Helps Healthy Grieving?, “Emotionally Focused Therapy is a practical way to help adolescents cope with their normal grief reactions of depression, anxiety, anger, feelings of rejection and sense of worthlessness” (1). This article talks about the way adolescents cope with the loss of a loved one in numerous