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The Traditional Models of Grief Assignment

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The Traditional Models of Grief Assignment

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ContentsINTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1PART A...........................................................................................................................................1The traditional models of grief (Worden model).........................................................................1PART B...........................................................................................................................................4Contemporary model (Robert A Neimeyer)................................................................................4PART C...........................................................................................................................................6Integrating elements of both traditional and contemporary models............................................6CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................7REFERENCES................................................................................................................................8
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INTRODUCTIONGrief can be determined as a multifaceted response of losing someone. The type ofbehaviour that individuals show at the situation of any tragedy like death differs (Parkes andPrigerson, 2013). Some may be able to overcome them and there will be few who fail toovercome them even after the incident would have occurred many years ago. The present case isbased on observations made for my brother in law who lost my sister as she died due to breastcancer. PART AThe traditional models of grief (Worden model)Worden model was suggested by William Worden that consists of four different type oftasks through which a person goes through. There are conditions in which some of the peoplealso return to some of the task several times (Stroebe and Schut, 2010). These happen when theindividual grow older, their perception and their feelings of events that change. As per theexperiences that are being portrayed, my brother in law who lost my sister went off rails in thefirst 12 months since Jan passed away. This is a type of condition in which the love and affectionthat a person has for the dead person comes out knowing that they will never be able to see themor be with them. Death is considered to be a truth of life that no one can escape. However, thepain to live with it knowledge individuals will not return (Holland and Neimeyer, 2010). Inaccordance with the stages that are included in the model Worden, for type of tasks are asfollows:Accept the reality of the loss: This is a task in which a person who has lost their dear oncegoes through a stage in which they understand the reality but try not to accept it (O’Connor,Lasgaard and Guldin, 2010). When a person’s dies, then there are conditions of shock ordisbelief in which one is not even able to perform their basic day to day operations in effectivemanner. In order to avoid the pay a person can pretend that the death never happened.Acceptance of a person’s death is possible when they are able to divert the pain. For example, aperson will aim at considering the all the situation happened was just a dream and it all will begone when one wakes up. It includes involvement of individuals in sharing their pain to others,writing letters, attending funeral, etc. (Richardson, Cobham and McDermott, 2011). As theobservation made, my brother in law was not able to overcome the pain for at least 12 months. Ingrief, it is identified that people take time when the contact or relationship with the dead person1
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was strong. The relationship of Jan was his wife and they lived together for 30 years. This way, itshows that more than half of the life span was spent together and so that the pain face will behigh. Brother in law shared memories of his wife in conversations and went to her grave everyweek. Among these main benefit that a person get is with the help of sharing information(Everitt, DeBra and AlMeshari, 2011). When information of feelings is shared with other, then itbecomes favourable enough to reduce the pain. In spite of all these activities that were done, ittook more than 12 months’ time to overcome the situation. To work through the pain and grief: There are many different type of emotions that aperson goes through and these make individuals to face changes in the behaviours that werenormally not done. When a person is not able to overcome the condition, then it becomesdifficult to reduce the rate of pain (Figueiredo, Figueiras and Worden, 2011). In accordance withthis task, people undergo various type of emotions and these made them face various problemslike depression, mood swings, etc. Naturally there are different type of emotions that grief makeit complete like longing, anger, loneliness, sadness, confusion, etc. In all these emotions, it isdifficult for the person to overcome them. In this context, it is required to take up appropriatesteps so that they are able to control these emotions in appropriate manner. In accordance withthe observation made, it is identified that my brother in law was not aiming at controlling hisemotion and this was done by showing strong expression so that other may think that the personhas successful able to overcome the pain (Risi, Noone and Worden, 2013). The type of emotionthat is carried out by individual differs. For example, some will cry, some talk, some will makethemselves busy. My brother in law was able to focus on the interacting with other so that hecould reduce the pain. There is nothing working in controlling their grief through their actions.For example, for a person whose friend died due to cancer will focus on providing adequatesupport other people who are facing similar type of condition. All these type of activities enablethe person to reduce the rate of pain and in making them realize the condition in appropriatemanner (Schaufeli and Taris, 2013). Adjust to the world without your loved one in it: When a person face any type of loos likedeath, then they time is considered to be one of the main aspects that helps to overcome the pain.For any type of pain, it requires time for a person to understand the situation and to solve them.In talking about small points, it can be stated that individuals need to find another preferablethink that can support in order to make the person overcome the problem in appropriate manner2
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