Grief

Personal Reaction “Geraldine pressed her face to the glass, peering out. She saw the paramedics pushing a gurney toward the front door of her house…..Then the paramedics wheeled the gurney back out, carrying someone covered by a sheet” (Story) The illustration of the gurney being wheeled out of the house and the emotional uncertainty Geraldine experienced is an traumatic imagery that would evoked emotions within myself if working with this case. If I was the social worker working with this case…

Curative Factors of Self-Help Support Groups Support groups are organizations of people who share a common disorder and who meet together to discuss their experiences, share ideas, and provide emotional support for one another. A support group is led by a member who has had some training in facilitating group discussions. Support groups are safe spaces, designed to help individuals discuss any number of issues pertaining to an illness or life struggle that they may be experiencing, with…

“There are things so sad, they can never be washed away by tears.” - Obi Hajime Have you ever thought of how painful it would be to lose someone that has greatly impacted you and meant a lot to you? Have you thought of all the joyful memories you’ve been through with them? And all the miserable and distressing times when you both just wanted to give up? Both Walt Whitman and Edgar Allan Poe have gone through this traumatic experience and conveyed their feelings through writing. You may be…

Betz, Gabrielle, and Jill M. Thorngren. "Ambiguous Loss and the Family Grieving Process." The Family Journal 14.4 (2006): 359-65. Web. This article talks about ambiguous grief and how it compares to traditional loss. Ambitious loss can be many things such as a miscarriage, a family member has Alzheimer’s disease, or losing custody of a child. Ambitious loss means there is no closure or clear understanding of what is happened/happening to a family member. This type of closure has a…

towards the end of May 2014, that I began the Walk and Talk program with Beginning Experience, and continuing in the fall with their Coping program. Upon completing the Coping program, I received an invitation from the Concordia Hospital to attend their grief counseling. The counseling was on a professional level and very informative. At times during these healing programs, I was experiencing the feeling of frustration and confusion. I was driven to get through my healing process as quickly as…

a passing of someone or something that we truely care about. We often move between stages before achieving a more amicable acceptance of death. Many of us are not afforded the luxury of time required to achieve this final stage of grief. Although people experience grief differently, no one should ever judge. This passage from ''A Rose for Emily'' by William Faulkner is crucial because Emily goes through the grieving process when her father passes away. Love makes you do crazy things, some things…

An Interview with Lucas Depression has affected the lives of countless people in this world, and it continues to affect countless more each day. These people, though ridden with extreme suffering, are sometimes the most amazing and sincere you will ever meet. Lucas is a man I’ve known since I was 5, and I have seen him go through one of the roughest types of depression. What follows is and interview and an attempt to dive into the mind of the depressed and consequently, find out the ways one…

In the play “Hamlet” by William Shakespeare, the author uses Hamlet’s soliloquy in Act I Scene ii and dialogue from other characters to develop Hamlet’s character. Both Queen Gertrude and King Claudius develop Hamlet’s character differently than he develops himself. When Claudius is talking to Hamlet, he says “the survivor bound in filial obligation for some term to do obsequious sorrow: nut to persever in obstinate condolement is a course of impious stubbornness.” (Act I Scene ii) King Claudius…

The loss of a loved one at a young age can cause disruption and irreparable damage to the mind. A child’s mind is pure and innocent and after a tragedy of losing a loved one, the mind is ill-equipped to deal with the loss, which can cause it to spiral out of control. In both the The Bell Jar and The Catcher in the Rye, each author creates a protagonist who loses a family member at an early age which results in a mental illness for each of them. Both authors expose how mental illness can stem…

their life. The ongoing ache in the hearts of their families, spouse and loved one can be prolonged for a limitless period. The deaths affect everyone’s feeling. The prolonged pain could be felt by someone close. The deep pain hardly goes off, but the grief can come in waves until someone feels like there’s no way forward and no way back, which indicates that how very real despair can be felt by those affected. So, if you’re thinking of committing suicide, think of this bad effect, and stop your…