Grieving Interview Essay
Interview Question
1. A) NO talked about the need for someone to be physical with him and the feeling of being alone. He said that through this experience, learning to live alone was one of the hardest things for him. This has made his home life more challenging but he says he tries to stay busy with his hobbies so he doesn’t think about it as much. However, he has realized because of this that there could be a time where something could happens to him and no one would know because he lives alone. This worries him but he says that he always carries his cellphone and he has a neighbor that would check on him.
B) Emotionally, NO has struggled with all stages of grieving. He once struggled with very bad depression but knew that his wife would not want him to live like that. During this emotional battle, he recognized the need for a support group and turned toward a grieving class put on by a local church. During this time, he wrote a letter to his children about he emotional status, his grieving, and what he wanted …show more content…
The biggest thing that I learned about myself from this experience is that I look at the bad in a lot of situations and not the good. I learned that when I think of death I think of sadness and grieving that is dark in nature. I always thought of the experience of death as being so depressing and not being able to be happy during such a time. In many cases, I wonder if that is because death is not something we commonly talk about in our society because it is projected as being so depressing. In my own family experience, we never talked about dying. Sure there were family pets that died and during that time we talked about them going to pet heaven, but the real meaning of life and death was never really talked about. I think that I have learned that I want to be more open about life and death and what it really means to live and cherish this life. I want to start living in a way where I can find hope in the darkest of time and not dwell on the
1. A) NO talked about the need for someone to be physical with him and the feeling of being alone. He said that through this experience, learning to live alone was one of the hardest things for him. This has made his home life more challenging but he says he tries to stay busy with his hobbies so he doesn’t think about it as much. However, he has realized because of this that there could be a time where something could happens to him and no one would know because he lives alone. This worries him but he says that he always carries his cellphone and he has a neighbor that would check on him.
B) Emotionally, NO has struggled with all stages of grieving. He once struggled with very bad depression but knew that his wife would not want him to live like that. During this emotional battle, he recognized the need for a support group and turned toward a grieving class put on by a local church. During this time, he wrote a letter to his children about he emotional status, his grieving, and what he wanted …show more content…
The biggest thing that I learned about myself from this experience is that I look at the bad in a lot of situations and not the good. I learned that when I think of death I think of sadness and grieving that is dark in nature. I always thought of the experience of death as being so depressing and not being able to be happy during such a time. In many cases, I wonder if that is because death is not something we commonly talk about in our society because it is projected as being so depressing. In my own family experience, we never talked about dying. Sure there were family pets that died and during that time we talked about them going to pet heaven, but the real meaning of life and death was never really talked about. I think that I have learned that I want to be more open about life and death and what it really means to live and cherish this life. I want to start living in a way where I can find hope in the darkest of time and not dwell on the