lesson 12 identify several healthy ways to cope with loss or grief. why do you think feelings of...
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Lesson 12
Identify several healthy ways to cope with loss or grief.
Why do you think feelings of loss and grief intensify during holidays?
Look at page 125. Answer questions 1 & 2 after analyzing the graph.
Death and Dying
Is it wrong to think about death? Why?
Does everyone live to an old age?
Has anything happened recently?
Where do we hear about death on a daily basis?
Can we be sheltered from death until we are old?
Questions
Who has to deal with loss or death?
Where can you get help?
Children And Grief | American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Welcome to the American Counseling Association
Home - American Hospice FoundationGriefNet
- A Community of Persons Dealing With Grief, Death, and Major [email protected]
More websites
mental illness, mental health information center
What are the stages of death?
Denial – not meAnger- what did I do to deserve this?Bargaining- please if I just do….DepressionAcceptance
Not linear or sequentialBased on study of people who were dying
Stages of Grief
1. Denial, shock, disbelief
2. Despair, numbness, guilt, sadness
3. Recovery and resolution
We are all survivors of loss
JobLove relationshipFriendshipA roleReputationConnection to our past
What causes the most grief?
Loss of a close relationship More intense reaction
One of the best ways to cope is by telling our story so that we integrate the loss in a new way. We don’t get over the loss, we find a different “place” for it.
Symptoms
Sporadic thoughts Behavior changes Tightness of throat Shortness of breath Sick to stomach Insomnia Change in appetite/
weight loss irritable
Anxiety Fear Confusion Preoccupation with
loss Sadness Guilt Anger crying
Grief- reaction to loss
Triggers of Grief Scents Music Holidays
Mourning- process a bereaved person integrates loss into life
Bereavement- event of a loss
What does death mean?
Heart stoppedBrain stoppedBreathing stoppedWhat about persistent vegetative state?
Promote Mental and Emotional Health
Express feelings in a healthy wayEngage in activities that are mentally and
emotionally healthyPrevent and manage conflict and stress in
healthy waysUse self-control and impulse-control
strategies to promote health
Promote Mental and Emotional Health
Seek help for troublesome feelingsBe empathetic toward othersCarry out personal responsibilitiesEstablish and maintain healthy
relationships