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Topic 4 DQ 2 Dec 7-11, 2023 How do the two major concepts in grief and recovery identified in DQ 1 apply to various cultures? Hello Professor Ellison and Classmates, In DQ 1 I highlighted Sanders ‘ Six Phases in Mourning’ which include shock, awareness of loss, conservation-withdrawal, healing, and renewal, and fulfillment. The two major recovery concepts that were focused on in my response were shock, and fulfillment. Grief is not linear and not one person experiences the same types of grief concepts or mourning process. According to Corr, Corr, & Doka, (pg. 134. 2019) it is difficult to represent all cultures (backgrounds/races) in the grieving models because everyone has separate experiences so as a professional it is important to recognize those differences and document “encounters, attitudes, and practices” pertaining to death in reference to other cultures. With shock there often may come avoidance, denial, numbness and sometimes anger. Shock can also include crying, sadness, and depression which in some cultures is disapproved of. Wilson, (2023) explains how in Bali mourning is momentary and they disapprove of public crying because if tears fall on the body (of the dead) they will not be set up in a good place in heaven and crying too long could incite evil spirits to connect to the dead. Although not all signs of shock are expressed by all cultures there are some similarities such as crying, and anger, but even these may be dissimilar depending on the culture which may have stipulations on the length or moments of expression. For instance, in Bali crying publicly is shunned but in Egypt it is “normal” for crying to last seven or more years (Wilson, (2023). The other major concept that I touched upon was fulfillment. Fulfillment is known as the healing process and moving forward with grief while continuing to grow in your own life. These marks of growth are spiritual, internal, and external components that are apparent in one’s life go through the process of grief and mourning. Various cultures adapt in a world and venture into a new life without the deceased in different manners. In some Hispanic cultures ongoing connections of the deceased are continued through stories, religious connections, pictures and maintaining a connection with the family through spiritual presence (Corr, Corr, & Doka, pg. 140. 2019). Pew Research Center (2021) reports that approximately seven out of ten Americans believe in the possibility of interacting with the presence of someone that has died. These statistics do change depending on religious connection, backgrounds, cultures and race. Blessings, Tonya Jones Reference

Corr, C. A, Corr, D. M., & Doka, K.J. (2019). Death & dying, life & living (8th ed.). Cengage. ISBN-13: 9781337563895 Pew Research Center. (2021, November 23). 2. Views on the afterlife. Pew Research Center's Religion & Public Life Project. https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2021/11/23/views-on-the- afterlife/# Wilson, J. F. (2023, January 25). Death and dying: How different cultures deal with grief and mourning. The Conversation. https://theconversation.com/death-and-dying-how-different- cultures-deal-with-grief-and-mourning-197299

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