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Grief Loss and Bereavement
Grief and bereavement are the result of losing something or someone that is emotionally significant to a person. Bereavement refers to the state of losing a loved one, while grief refers to the emotional and psychological reaction to the bereavement.
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What word starts with E and means grieving?
Endure is the word. It means suffer (something painful or difficult) patiently.
What if your friend passed away and you still feel sad?
How long ago did it happen? It seems there are five stages of grief that most people go through. It might help if you can see you are gradually changing and moving on.
# Denial or Numbness. You can't believe what has happened. You try to keep going like it didn't happen. # Anger or Guilt. Especially if it was unexpected. Whose fault was it? It was someone's fault. # Bargaining. What if... I'd done this. What should we had done differently. # Great Sadness. You become depressed, crying a lot. You withdraw from your friends and family. # Acceptance. Things start to get a bit better. You may never forget your loss but you gradually accept that life has to go on. You become stronger and you sleep better. You can remember your friend with positive memories and without the sadness. Some things that might help:
* don't be afraid to ask for help, family, friends or a support group * remember you can only change yourself * don't make any serious changes in your life while you are unhappy * talk to a religious person, or a counselor, or a trusted friend * keep fit, eat properly, keep exercising * don't bottle up your feelings, and be patient with yourself
How can you extend your help to an ordained minister?
You extend your help to an ordained minister in exactly the same way you'd extend your help to any other person in need.
Don't let the person's ordination color your responses to whether you offer help, or to the type of help you offer. Extend the help you feel they need, or the help they may be asking - or seem to be asking - for.
Imagine if a friend who is a doctor became ill, and clearly needed emotional support. Would you hold back that support for fear a doctor already knows all about their illness, and has sufficient support from their medical colleagues? Of course not!
Imagine if this minister for whom you are concerned held holy orders in a faith completely unfamiliar, even meaningless, to you. If a minister of that unknown faith needed help, would you feel uncomfortable extending that help? Surely not!
Perhaps you feel you have little to offer in the way of emotional, spiritual, or even material, support to a person trained and ordained to provide such support themselves? Consider that a person in their position might feel all the more lonely in their time of need, knowing full well that others could be holding back for fear of proving unequal to supporting a person who traditionally should be supporting them.
This might make it all the more difficult for a minister of your faith to show need, and so, in turn, those who would offer support could see this as a sign their support would be unwelcome, or even inadequate, and so hold back the very human strength and comfort needed at this time.
Give whatever help you can to this minister, as a friend or simply as a person in need and, if you feel it necessary, encourage others to do so. And, of course, respect privacy at all times, just as you'd do for any friend in a vulnerable situation; don't repeat any conversations you might have.
What do you say to a boy who's just lost his gran?
If this boys was my friend or my relative i would say somethign to the affecgt off....Hey ( Place name here) I know It has been hard for you thes past couple of days with your gran gone! She was a very special person and I know hom much My gran means to me and how I would feel if i lost her. It is going to be hard But I am always here for you!
Or If you dont know what to say you could say I know How upset you ar eand honestly I dont know what to say but I am here for you if =you need or want to tlk!!
Generally, it is socially acceptable to wear somber colors and nothing flashy. You want to show respect for the family of the deceased and for the person who has passed. If you are a man, wearing a button up shirt with a tie is appropriate. For a woman, a dress or pantsuit in gray, blue, black or other muted colors is commonly worn.
Where can one find information on Bereavement flights?
There is a very informative article on how to get a bereavement fare on the "USA Today" website. "Bankrate" has an article on which airlines offer bereavement flights. One can also find more information on the Travelocity website.
What to do when your dad dies?
It's always sad to lose a parent. Grieving is a process but thinking about your dad and remembering him for all the fun times and all of the things that he has taught you will always keep him close to you in your heart.
What are cutters thinking when they cut themselves and why do they do it?
i have been cutting for 4 years. When i cut, i do it for the release but also because i belive i deserve the pain and the scars. Also, seeing the blood makes me feel better in a weird way. And when the cuts are healing it reminds me that if the cuts can heal so can i
If 'all the time' means more than two weeks it is depression. You need to speak to mental health professionalisit-a psychiatrist.
Why do I dream of a dead person coming back as if they never died?
There could be multiple different reasons.
I'll just list a few I think it may be.
1) Someone you know may have died (could have been when you were a baby or just recently), and, subconciously, you're thinking about them and either wishing they were still alive and had never left, or are worried what it would have been like if they were still alive.
2) There's something going on in your life that you wish wasn't there, but is anyways. Or, vice versa (maybe you wish it was there, but isn't). Could be a person, a job, a responsibility, etc.
3) Your life has recently changed and it feels like nothing is the same. Because of this, you may be stressed out, or just a little confused with how everything has changed.
4) It may just be a completely random dream and has no reason or significance at all (:
Although, your mind is a crazy thing and dreams are best interpreted by either yourself or a professional. There are so many different scenarios as to why you may be having such a dream.
A minyan is a quorum of 10 Jewish men (non-orthodox groups include women) and is the minimum number of men required for group prayer in Judaism. Shiva is the initial 7 days of mourning observed by direct family members of the deceased - parents, spouses, children, and siblings.
What is a sentence with the word shiva?
In Jewish tradition, immediate family members sit shiva after the death of a loved one.
Your neighbor's husband just passed away what should you bring to her to show your sympathy?
Most people will bring groceries, cooked dishes as the person grieving (doubtful they will feel like eating) are too upset to cook meals. Also just letting her talk and staying awhile and assuring her that you are there for her if needed (just a phone call will do it) will give her some comfort. It's going to be tough for her for awhile. Grieving is a lonely road we all have to go down at sometime in our lives, but, eventually the heartache goes and fond memories of that person keep us going. If we think of the person in our heart and mind they never die.
I feel the most important time for someone who has lost a loved one is AFTER the funeral and when the person has a handle on their grief. Many people fall all over themselves to help before and after the funeral, but once everything dies down then the poor person is left feeling lonely. Neighbors should invite her along if they are having a party or a BBQ. Too often widows or widowers are left alone and not included because they don't have a mate.
You are a great neighbor, so take the food and if you think she feels like talking just listen and let her cry if she wants too. Sometimes crying along with the person helps too (but only if it affects you in this manner.)
AnswerAlot of people bring over a dish of some sort so that she doesnt have to cook at this time. You can also ask if she needs a ride somewhere to let you know and you'll try to help her out. Someone that just lost a spouse usually isn't thinking straight to concentrate on driving. When you are going to the store you can call and see if she needs you to pick up something, within reason, so she doesnt have to go out. Remember its the little things that count.What does it mean when dead mother warns you?
It means you really should heed the warning. It's not that your deceased mother is actually warning you... Instead, you know what she would tell you, hence you dream of her actually relaying the message.
Dreams are a function of the subconscious.
Symbols have different meanings to different social groups. It therefore depends on the group to which you belong what those symbols mean.
For someone that has no knowledge of the group to which a person belongs and to claim to be able to interpret those symbols is nonsense.
Dreams mostly mean nothing and are a function of the subconscious mind. We know little of the conscious mind. Those people that claim to be able to interpret the subconscious are charlatans, playing upon the insecurities of people in need real support. Either for financial gain or kudos.
Does a common law partner sit shiva at the death of one partner - in Jewish tradition?
In Traditional Judaism, generally no, but it depends on the situation. In Reform and liberal Judaism, absolutely yes.
How do you deal with an unexpected death of a friend with whom you were hoping to reconcile?
When a person loses someone to death be it a loved one or a close friend then they go into a grieving process. It's the brains way of coping with it all. First comes sadness, unbelieving (as if you could just phone up that person or go visit them and they'd still be there) then anger, blaming them or yourself, perhaps crying and then the healing starts. Some people will grieve for a couple of weeks, two months, a year or more. It depends on the individual. People who have some type of religion will still grieve, but many will draw strength from their religion and realize the person is in a better place. A person that I know off this board (I consider him a friend) that I learned a good lesson from said the last thing a person wants to hear (I am not exactly quoting him) is "they are in a better place", "they are with angels" or "they are an angel." THIS DOES NOT TAKE THE PAIN AWAY! Still, in time, with faith it does help and people with religion seem to go on with their lives quicker and remember their loved one with the fond memories they had together There is really no way I can ease your pain and you have to go down that road of grief on your own and perhaps in time you can talk more openly about it.
What age do most people lose their grandparents?
To be honest you could lose them at any age. If u have. great gran parents they last longer. But sadly they mostly die when u are a kids.:(
