The Process Of Death And Grieving

Everyone deals with death and grieving in different ways. Some people constantly cry, some like to talk about their emotions, and some like to stay very closed off. Talking to someone and understanding death is a very important part of the grieving process. Not all young children understand what death actually means, not all teens know how to deal with the loss of a loved one and not everyone knows how to talk to someone about death. The grieving process of losing a loved one suddenly can be very different from sudden loss.

Talking to a child about death is an extremely difficult, yet a very essential topic. To illustrate this, “If a child is old enough to love, that child is old enough to grieve” (Wolfelt). In this quote, a children's psychologist …show more content…
It's very normal to feel uncomfortable and not know what to always say. Friends want to make it all better but just don't know what to say. To illustrate this,“Do not protect yourself from grief by a fence, but rather by your friends" (Czech Proverb). In the literal sense this means, use the people that are in your life to help heal. They are there to help out with support through tragedy. Sharing good happy memories that make someone laugh or smile shows what great times your loved one brought into your life. Let people who want to help in. The five stages of grief are denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance. These stages do not always occur in this order. Someone could experience total healing and acceptance but that doesn’t always mean that they are never going to get sad or angry. Everyone is different and the closer someone is to the person who has passed also factors into their own healing process. The author of The Art of Condolence states in his book, “The risk of love is loss, and the price of loss is grief -- But the pain of grief is only a shadow when compared with the pain of never risking love” (Zunin). In other words, love displays very intense feeling and when a tragedy takes place it is difficult to move on from. This conveys the joy filled memories should over power the sadness. Even though healing from a loss is very hard process remembering all of the great times will help with the pain. In conclusion, talking about feelings helps grieving and is a healthy and important way to keep memories