THE 5 STAGES OF GRIEF
1. Denial and Isolation
2. Anger
3. Bargaining
4. Depression
5. Acceptance
Grief is a strong, sometimes overwhelming emotion for people, regardless of whether their sadness stems from the loss of a loved one or from a terminal diagnosis they or someone they love have received.
They might find themselves feeling numb and removed from daily life, unable to carry on with regular duties while saddled with their sense of loss.
Grief is the natural reaction to loss. Grief is both a universal and a personal experience. Individual experiences of grief vary and are influenced by the nature of the loss. Some examples of loss include the death of a loved one, the ending of an important relationship, job loss, loss through theft or the loss of independence through disability.
Experts advise those grieving to realize they can't control the process and to prepare for varying stages of grief. Understanding why they're suffering can help, as can talking to others and trying to resolve issues that cause significant emotional pain, such as feeling guilty for a loved one's death.
Mourning can last for months or years. Generally, pain is tempered as time passes and as the bereaved adapts to life without a loved one, to the news of a terminal diagnosis or to the notion that someone they love may die.
I created a facebook page for parents and adolecences who may be experiencing similar issues, to provide them with support and to not be like the boy in our film.
i chose to do some further research into death and greif in young children and was very suprised by the results i found.
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1 in 5 children will experience the death of someone close to them by age 18.
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In a poll of 1,000 high school juniors and seniors, 90% indicated that they had experienced the death of a loved one.
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One in every 1,500 secondary school students dies each year.
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One out of every 20 children aged fteen and younger will su er the loss of one or both parents. These statistics don’t account for the number of children who lose a “parental gure,” such as a grandparent or other relative that pro- vides care.
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1.5 million children are living in a single-parent household because of the death of one parent.
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Mortality rates for adults in their 40s and 50s in the past two decades have risen dramatically, making it more likely that younger children will experience the death of a parent, or a classmate’s parent. “Kids are encountering death more often and at a younger age—it’s just inevitable.
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It is estimated that 73,000 children die every year in the United States. Of those children, 83 percent have surviving siblings.