Post Traumatic Growth Of The Silver Lining

Reconstruction & Working Through: As a person starts to become more functional, realistic solutions seem possible for life after the loss.

There are many aspects of my personality that made helped me cope with this loss, hindered my ability to cope with this loss, and allowed me to protect myself from the affects of this loss.

For those experiencing loss, it is common they experience similar stages while loss is assimilated. Rubin (1999) states that in the first stage, the bereaved loses a close relationship, clearly impacting them. One’s homeostatic functioning will likely undergo changes, but these will return to normal, or almost normal, once this

The loss of my younger brother changed my life in ways that I couldn't have imagined at the time of his death, but I was bombarded with so many emotions and undertakings that deeply impaired my thought process.

It has been five years today that my cousin Stacy Lynn Sparks was murdered. I always thought that something like this could never happen to my family. This is the first time that something so tragic has happened in my life. It will also lead me to pain and frustration years to come. The loss of her has had a great impact on how I live my life today.

My aunt whom just so happened to be one of my role models passed away. I was devastated. Not only was I confused, but I was lost as well. A woman I looked up to was gone forever. I missed a few days of school and starting falling behind on work. It took me awhile to process my aunt's’ death. I finally realized that I have to move on. I knew that she would not approve of me being sad. I started remembering all of the positive memories my aunt left behind. I gained a tremendous amount of knowledge from her. Until this day, I carry what she taught me everywhere I go. I strive harder to make her

The day Wesson passed away was one I will never forget. Wesson had been struggling a lot with his battle, and I knew things were not going good. That day I went to school, hoping everything would be okay. All day Wesson had been on my mind and when I got called to the office in the afternoon, I knew something had happened. My dad explained that my mom had went to Tennessee to help Kristi, because Wesson had passed away. His loss had not only saddened me, but lots

Patients who are experiencing a life challenge or have experienced loss of any sort may it be loss of body image, body function, mental function, health, and loss of independence goes through a grieving process. Depending on the circumstances of the loss, grieving can takes weeks to years to overcome. They must first become aware of their loss. They must grasp the fact that their reality has changed, then they may become numb or tearful or even angry. Some may internalize it while other may express behavior uncharacteristic of themselves and their previous personalities. Having sympathy for their loss and encouraging them to start reconstructing their life can be

When I turned 11-years-old my whole childhood began to change my life went from being perfect to everything but perfect. One day I came home to hear the news my father, my best friend; my hero was diagnosed with stage 3 colon cancer. Not knowing the struggle my family was about to take on I just began to cry. I had a million things running through my head what’s going to happen? Will everything be okay? Why him? What is going to happen? With all these things rushing through my head all I could do was cry not knowing this was least worse to come.

Throughout the years, people who have encountered trauma, diversity, and anguish, to the extent of suffering, have been advised by the wise words of German philosopher, Friedrich Nietzsche. Nietzsche insisted “That which does not kill us, makes us stronger.”; however, does suffering actually yield positive outcomes? In Dr. Steve Taylor’s article, “Can Suffering Make Us Stronger?”, he advocates the findings of psychologists Richard Tedeschi and Lawrence Calhoun. Tedeschi and Calhoun conducted their research on people who had undergone tragic events such as illnesses, combat, and fires and concluded that people can show positive resilience in the face of crisis; thus coining the idea of post-traumatic growth. Post-traumatic growth indicates a positive psychological change as a result of adversity. Although suffering is typically viewed as a negative, withstanding traumatic experiences can reap deeper relationships, personal strengths, and newfound spirituality.

After reading the “Trauma of Everyday Life”, what I found intriguing was what the Buddha called “Realistic View”. According to the realistic View, “trauma neither a mistake nor a failure” (Epstein, 2003, p. 2). I agree with this because I have lost relatives in my life but I did not consider them to be mistakes or failure, I accepted that they had to go because it was their time. The only thing I regretted is that I did not spend as much as I would love.

In this essay I will outline the main theoretical models relating to loss and grief.

Losing my grandmother was one of the worst things that have happened to me. When she died, I knew my life had changed. I watched her take her last breath in the hospital and it was very heartbreaking. She was like my second mom because she was always with me. I didn’t think it would come so soon. Dealing with her death was one of the hardest thing that I’ve ever had to do. It was very hard because it was my second experience of losing someone very close to me around the same time of the year. I had to learn how to cope with losing her. I let all my emotions out, I didn’t listen to what anyone was saying, and I had to remember to take care of myself. Losing my grandmother changed me because she did everything for me. I had to grow up and be more responsible. I had to learn how

Researchers have studied and found numerous variables that facilitate PTG. For example, there was a correlation between higher levels of education and higher levels of PTG (Linley & Joseph, 2004, p. 16). Chan, Young and Sharif (2016) define, social support as one of the most important predictors of PTG, although their findings in refugee studies were not conclusive to support this association (para. 25). Personality traits associated with higher PTG are “extraversion, openness to experience, agreeableness, and conscientiousness” (Linley & Joseph, 2004, p. 16). Coping styles for dealing with stressors and trauma vary among cultures and individuals. However, studies indicate certain coping styles

For years we still really do not know what happened, she died an eighteen-year-old woman with an eighty-year-old heart. All our questions went unanswered, lost, and even our religion we began to have doubts. Was there a god? How could he have done such a thing? The healing process was not easy, but became necessary for our families to move on in life. We all needed to heal in life and our faith.