Reflection Paper On The Other Side Of Grief

Some individuals may struggle with the grieving process. Poor coping mechanisms can lead to major depressive disorders and even anxiety. Grieving individuals may exhibit signs and symptoms of poor physical health because they stop taking care of themselves. Widows and widowers have 8 to 50 times higher suicide rate than the overall population (Snyder, 2009).

There is no correct way to mourn or grieve. Grieving and bereavement are usually learned through cultural teachings (grief.com). In many cases, people tend to follow cultural and faith traditions associated with death and dying and how to mourn the person who has passed away. However, other people may choose to their own way of remembering the loved one, but cultural and religious influence may guides them through the process (grief.com).

Kathya Vasquez Mendoza ,Booth 6: Therapeutic Response to Clients Experiencing Loss, Grief, Dying, and Death

The death of a loved one can be tragic. It often alters how people think, feel, and act. Some people withdraw from life, some move closer to God, and some appear to lose their minds. Shakespeare’s Hamlet and Samuel Johnson both lost someone very close to them, but found very different ways to deal with their losses.

In Islam, Muslims believe you submit your will to Allah alone and no one else. They believe that if you believe and trust in him that he will take care of you no matter what. This limits them from experiencing denial. They are taught to remove themselves from hate and anger and rely on the fact that Allah, The Creator has bestowed upon them special privileges. They believe their limitations as human and don’t worry the stresses ahead of them and place their rest in Allah’s wisdom reducing the need for bargaining stage of grief. Even though they may

Because our thoughts, feelings, and actions are interconnected, I focused on reflecting on reasons for my discomfort with DNR Order. Subsequently, I understood that this discomfort is rooted in my belief about sanctity of life. In addition, my grandparents died in hospitals, in circumstances where I did not have a chance to say goodbye. I started reflecting on my feelings about death and dying. In addition, during one of the conferences with community education coordinators on hospice and palliative care, I had a chance discuss end of life care. I also gained deeper understanding on the role of social workers in hospice settings, such as assessing the needs of patient and family and maximizing their quality of

This course has taught me that it is difficult to say goodbye to the ones we love. The struggle to separate from the deceased occurs because we have a strong attachment with them. The grief response and expression for every individual is unique (Winokuer & Harris, 2012, p. 26). Thus, I cannot expect my clients to grieve in a similar manner. It is also important for a counsellor to identify what stage in the grief process the client is in. Although, there are many models of grief stages, they all follow similar midpoints. These midpoints are accepting the loss, dealing with the emotions surrounding the loss, creating a reason for the loss, finding a way to continue to live without the loved one, and creating an everlasting bond with the deceased.

Knowing exactly what to do or say to a friend or family who are grieving a loss of their loved one, can be difficult. This is why Elisa Isakson and myself created a program to reach out to those in the Ogden community to help support those whom are grieving. We decided to do this program because death is inevitable, and it causes major strain and unorganization in the family dynamic. Some families need help in getting on their feet again and onto a healthy road to recovery. Friends and family can help doing this by providing a supportive and loving hand, and this is why we wanted to educate them on how to do this.

The bereaved person will always be encouraged within a supportive, caring and trusting atmosphere, to be themselves, to be able to express themselves and to talk about what they want to talk about and feel they need to talk about, in that they are to be listened to carefully and with compassion, that they are never going to be judged, and that there is patience, understanding and encouragement that is healthy and positive for them.

Black Americans can have different emotions from crying to being silent. People usually gather in large gatherings to pay respect. Black Americans have a belief that death is God’s will and the deceased is in God’s hand and will be reunited

Although society has made many advances in the way that intellectually disabled persons are taken care of, grief counseling is one protrusive example of where society is falling short. Everyone is entitled to all appropriate resources available to enable them to effectively cope with death and loss, including those that are intellectually disabled (Hollins, 1995). Significant evidence shows that individuals with developmental disabilities require better access to adapted grief counseling due to their caregivers assuming that they don’t understand loss, an increased risk of behavioral and emotional disturbances, and they have a smaller support network.

Much of the guilt perceived by the bereaved is that somehow they have failed the

Grief is a process that most everyone will go through at some point in his life. A person who is experiencing grief may have suffered loss of a loved one, loss of a job, or diagnosis of a terminal illness. The five stages of grief as described by Elisabeth Kubler-Ross in 1969 have helped in defining the steps one may go through after experiencing a loss. Every person has his own response to grief, so he may not go through every stage. This paper will examine the story of Job from the Bible and will compare his grieving process to that as defined by Kubler-Ross. The grieving process of the Jewish believer will also be discussed as well as this author’s thoughts on grief.

It is not advisable to cheer up a person in depression because the stage of depression is a very important time in the process of healing, person should go through this stage and it is a normal response of grieving. (The five stages of Grief, n.d). Acceptance is the final stage where people feel its okay or alright with the grieving situation, they will accept the fact that no one can replace their lost ones or reverse the diagnosis of a terminal illness; this acceptance would provide a new meaning to the life.

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