Effects if losing a loved one
Uploaded by ajlongley768 on Sep 01, 2013
Effects of losing a loved one
Losing a loved one is a significant and a painful occurrence. After the loss of a loved one, i experienced different difficulties and emotional situations such:as grief, shock, and anger. I lost an uncle who I loved so much and the experience was terrifying and devastating. However, I was able to overcome the grief thanks to the support I received from my family and friends. I understood grief as being a normal reaction to the loss of a loved one. In fact, accepting grief experiences and allowing myself to feel whatever emotions were there after the loss of my uncle was a normal process of grieving, and it helped me to recover quickly from that loss. There is no specific way that i was supposed to grieve after the loss of a loved one as thoughtful as my uncle. However, there are a number of ways, I was able to cope with the pain.
When I lost my loved one, i underwent these stages. The first stage is denial. This involves lack of acceptance of the situation. The next stage is anger. In this stage, a person starts to question the occurrence of death and looking for who is to blame for the death of the loved one. The last stage is acceptance. Here, an individual comes into term with the entire occurrence, and finally accepts life without the existence of a loved one. When I lost my uncle, I underwent some of the unforscened stages of the grief process. By refusing to accept that my uncle was dead, I was undergoing the first stage of grief, denial. I then underwent the second stage of grief: anger. This was during the times when I was feeling angry about the death. I then started feeling guilty. In the end, I accepted that he was dead, and that I could not do anything about it.
Grief is a normal reaction to loss. It is important to note that, grief is experienced when a person looses a loved one. Nonetheless, when i lost mmy uncle, i underwent the grief process. .When I learnt about the death of my uncle, I was very shocked. I did could not understand why I had to loss such a dear person in my life. It was hard to believe that my uncle was dead. I realized that shock and disbelief are some...