Loss, Grief And Death

Loss, Grief And Death -A sense of loss of goods or objects (e.g. theft) -Loss: an actual or potential situation in which something is judged valuable changed, ceased to exist or disappeared. -Death is the last opportunity for people who are nearing death to live life in a more meaningful and satisfying way. -Types of loss: 1. Actual loss: Anticipated loss. For example: a woman whose husband is dying, the woman experiences actual loss in anticipation of her husband's death. 2. Perceptual loss: a loss that cannot be ascertained by others. Example: women who stop working, experience a loss of perceived independence. -Miscellaneous losses: 1. Situational loss: loss that occurs due to immediate circumstances/situations e.g loss of one's job, loss of functional ability due to acute illness/due to injury 2. developmental loss: loss that occurs in the normal development process, e.g the departure of adult children from home, retirement from work and the death of parents who are elderly. -There are many sources of loss, namely 1. Losing an Aspect of the Self changes one's body image even though the loss may not looks real. For example, losing a body part that is in the stomach or loss the ability to feel emotions. In old age loss of independence, health, friends and family. 2. External objects consist of the loss of inanimate objects that are important to the individual such as losing money or burning down a house. Loss of living objects e.g. loss pet. 3. Familiar environmentÿ separation from the environment and the person who gave it security. For example, a 6 year old child feels lost when he leaves his home environment already known to go to school. Student moves out of his house for the first time experiencing a sensation of loss. 4. Loved onesÿ loss of loved ones or loved ones due to illness, divorce, separation or death. -grief is a total response to the emotional experience of loss. -Grief is a subjective response experienced by people left behind after death someone who is very closely related to them - mourning is a behavioral process that will ultimately resolve or change mourn. Mourning is influenced by culture, spirituality and customs. Types of grief response 1. Brief grief ÿ lasts briefly but is felt actually. Objects that has been lost may not be as important to the grieving individual or may have been replaced by another equivalent to the lost object. 2. Adaptive (anticipatory) grief ÿ experienced before the event occurs, for example a wife who grieving before the death of her husband who was seriously ill. 3. Grieving due to loss of rights ÿ occurs when someone is unable to acknowledge loss to another person/socially unacceptable loss e.g. murder self, abortion. 4. Unhealthy grieving, namely pathological grieving (maladaptive/dysfunctional grieving)may be incomplete or blocked. Many factors can cause grief Dysfunctional includes past traumatic losses and current loss states This. Other influences may include family or cultural barriers to expression grieve emotionally. Maladaptive/dysfunctional grieving after death can concluded from the following data or observations: a. Clients do not express their sadness, for example a husband does not cry or not coming to his wife's funeral. b. The client does not want to visit the grave and refuses to participate in the memorial service even though this practice is part of the client's culture. c. The client again shows recurring symptoms of grief on the anniversary of the death or during holidays. d. The client continues to feel guilty and has low self-esteem. e. After some time, the client continued to look for the deceased person. Some may consider committing suicide to be reunited f. The client is unable to talk about the deceased calmly, for example: with a hoarse voice, trembling and teary eyes. g. After a normal grieving period, the client experiences the same physical symptoms as people who have died. h. The client's relationships with friends and relatives deteriorate after the death. 5. Unfinished grief is long and severe. The signs are the same expressed like normal grief but the bereaved person can also Has difficulty expressing grief, may deny loss or grieving beyond the expected time. Factors that cause grief incomplete after a death: a. Ambivalence (deep, positive and negative feelings) towards people who die. b. The need to be seen as brave and in control , afraid of losing control in in front of other people. c. Resilience to multiple losses such as losing an entire family making the bereaved individual feel too heavy to reflect. d. A very high emotional value is placed on the deceased person Such, does not show sadness in this case helping the person who mourning avoids the reality of loss. e. Certainty regarding loss, for example when a loved one disappears deeply task. f. Lack of support system.