Psychology /Mors 200 Arts Final - Funeral Service Psychology and Counseling 2 Part 2
Mors 200 Arts Final - Funeral Service Psychology and Counseling 2 Part 2
This deck covers key psychological and emotional responses to suicide and SIDS deaths, as well as the impact of disasters on individuals and communities.
Usually the first response after suicide- Particularly intense and long lasting The fact that most suicides are violent increases this, especially for the person who finds the body.
Shock
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Usually the first response after suicide- Particularly intense and long lasting The fact that most suicides are violent increases this, especially for the person who finds the body.
Shock
Do not know why the loved one took their own life. Believed objectively that there often was nothing particularly wrong in the person’s life. Often the suicide occurs at a time when it appears the deceased had everything going for them. It can take years to deal with this.
Bewilderment
A close partner to shock Because of the unexpectedness and violence of the death, survivors instinctively deny it. Often initially react by searching for proof of another explanation Family may has the coroner to call the suicide an accident to spare the family the stigma that accompanies suicide.
Denial
Often intense and long Feel that they should have known the person was suicidal May feel that they personally had been all or part of the reason May not have felt like good enough parents, siblings, friends, etc.
Guilt
Perhaps the hardest and lowest point for survivors Occurs when they realize they were powerless to stop the suicide from happening. A suicide forces us to acknowledge that we are not always in control- that we are powerless from preventing some events from happening.
Powerlessness
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There is in intense need to understand what happened and why with suicides. Cause obsessive review of the events leading up to the suicide. Conversations, activities, comments made, and actions are all looked under a microscope of need.
Obsessive Review
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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
Usually the first response after suicide- Particularly intense and long lasting The fact that most suicides are violent increases this, especially for the person who finds the body. | Shock |
Do not know why the loved one took their own life. Believed objectively that there often was nothing particularly wrong in the person’s life. Often the suicide occurs at a time when it appears the deceased had everything going for them. It can take years to deal with this. | Bewilderment |
A close partner to shock Because of the unexpectedness and violence of the death, survivors instinctively deny it. Often initially react by searching for proof of another explanation Family may has the coroner to call the suicide an accident to spare the family the stigma that accompanies suicide. | Denial |
Often intense and long Feel that they should have known the person was suicidal May feel that they personally had been all or part of the reason May not have felt like good enough parents, siblings, friends, etc. | Guilt |
Perhaps the hardest and lowest point for survivors Occurs when they realize they were powerless to stop the suicide from happening. A suicide forces us to acknowledge that we are not always in control- that we are powerless from preventing some events from happening. | Powerlessness |
There is in intense need to understand what happened and why with suicides. Cause obsessive review of the events leading up to the suicide. Conversations, activities, comments made, and actions are all looked under a microscope of need. | Obsessive Review |
Survivors often feel compelled to put the blame somewhere, anywhere, to explain a loss that is so difficult to imagine, let alone comprehend. May target police, coroner, another family member, or a treating therapist. Placing the blame on another person may appear immediately or emerge later. | Blame |
The assumption of blame directed at oneself by others Suicide carries with it this feeling and a certain taboo. The tendency to blame, whether oneself or someone else, is often intertwined with this. Part of a larger response to suicide that is woven into the fabric of our society. At every level- individual, family, community, and society- suicide represents the failure of our connections, and we feel shame in the face of that failure. Society suggests that a traditional funeral may not be appropriate Survivors need all the support they can get, support a funeral can provide. | Shame |
May experience this with themselves, or direct it toward those they think have contributed to the reason for the suicide. other family members, friends, school, work, society for its view on suicide Later directed at the deceased for causing all the pain and may appear immediately or appear later. | Anger |
Strong emotional response marked by such reactions as alarm, dread, and disquiet. Main that is experienced is the thought that if he can commit suicide, they may be someone else I love who could do it, or even I could do it. | Fear |
Surviving mate may suddenly remember every fight, not matter how trivial, may come to believe that this was the cause of the suicide. May externalize these feelings- feeling that others may believe that he/she caused the suicide- Suffer tremendous guilt Must also help children get though the crisis | Suicide: Spouse of the deceased |
Become overly protective of remaining children- heightened fear other children will kill themselves as well. - leads the parents to smothering the children with attention and affection, sometimes questioning and doubting their every move. | Suicide: Parents of the deceased |
Experience a variety of emotions Anger- the deceased did not confide in them, the deceased did this to hurt them. Jealousy or resentment - witnessing their parent's grief Parents may find it difficult to be there for their remaining children May feel slighted and deserted or may blame themselves for being unable to comfort their parents. | Suicide: Children- Sibling's death |
Very intense emotional reactions Mixed with a sense of guilt is a feeling of blame. Blames his/herself for not having been a better child. | Suicide: Children and a parent's death |
Guilt- should have recognized a problem or that the deceased did not think enough of their friendship to confide in them about a problem. | Suicide: Friend of victim |
Unique grieving factors and raises painful psychological issues for family members. Many cases, the parents are young and this is their friends experience with grief. Usually found by the parents, memory picture they must always live with.- "if onlys" they may never be able to solve Often have to explain it to young children or adults who have no knowledge on the subject | SIDS deaths |
Education on the dynamics of the death because SIDS is a diagnosis of exclusion. There is no one concrete cause the bereaved can focus on in trying to understand how the death occurred. Reassurance that there was nothing they could have done to prevent the death because there are no specific predictors or preventable measures.- Validation for both their primary loss of the infant, and also for the secondary loss of dreams and expectations for the future life of the baby that most bereaved parents experience. | Grieving parents and family of SIDS' deaths need: |
An occurrence of a severity and magnitude that normally results in death, injuries, property damage, and cannot be managed through the routine procedures and resources of the government. | Disaster |
Vary in size, scope, extent of damage, loss of life, injury, and degree of disruption to families and the community. Characterized by long periods of threat- not age specific | Disasters |
Extend over a few moments of many months Tornados, hurricanes, typhoons, earthquakes, floods, tsunamis, volcanic eruptions, dam breaks, explosions, nuclear accidents, fires, transportation crashes, structural collapses, murders, suicides, accidents. homes can never be replaced, overwhelmed by the sights and smells and sounds, expected to produce significant levels of psychological impairment among survivors. | Disasters- Natural or Man-Made |