Death is a scary thing to think about. A person can die at any time of the day, week, month, or year. Most young people do not think it will happen to them or the people around them. I know that death happens unexpectedly, because I saw posts on social media when a girl from my high school passed away this week, my friends and I communicated this through text messages and phone calls. Losing someone in your life can change you or a person tremendously. When death came into my life, it made me realize that there is more to life, it makes people realize how little time you spent with that person, and it makes people realize the meaning of life and how it can change so quickly. I lost someone who adored and loved me very much: my grandma. We lost her sooner than what we wanted. She and my grandpa were like my second set of parents. They taught me so many lessons and held my hand through my whole childhood. There were like my own cheerleading squad who wanted me to learn from my mistakes and wanted me to make the right choices. When my grandma passed away, my life changed. I watched her struggle to take a last breath to be here. This was the moment I had to grow up. I …show more content…
I usually wake up when the dream just got good or when the dream is right in the middle of something. Never has this happened before with my dreams. That is why, I think I remember this dream the most out of all of my dreams and why it means the most to me. All of the people I talked to in my dream were also the people I had talked to at my grandma’s wake three days later. I felt as if I had déjà vu when talking to all of those people at the wake. The only difference was when I talked to them, I was crying, but when I talked to them in my dream I was happy and excited to see them. At the wake, I felt like I was excited to see them on the inside, but on the outside I was sad and grieving at the
Death is a concept that people find hard to accept. You keep asking yourself “what if” as if it’s going to make your loved one come back. “What if I had been there? What if someone had talked him out of it? What if…?” You always ask yourself these questions, but never get an answer. I find myself still asking these questions even though I know they will never be answered. Death takes the ones we love the most too soon. Unfortunately, I know this feeling all too well.
Death is a topic everyone will witness countless times during his or her lifetime. Death of loved ones’, animals, or strangers are just few examples of experiences that can mold one’s impression of death. Since I am rather young, I have only truly experienced death on few occasions. One of which was the death of my grandfather. He was in a lot of pain and was bedridden for months. For him, death was almost inevitable and was an answer to the pain he was feeling. I’m not 100% definite how I personally perceive death, but because of my grandfather, I always think of death as being imperative, yet inevitable. I have a great fear for death, because I know how much pain it causes loved ones.
Death is the unfortunate event in which the people on this Earth have to embrace as a part of life. Most can relate to death in some way whether it be by relating to someone who has died or being close to someone that has lived this eventual nightmare everyone can relate to death and grief in some type of way. According to the OED, grief is the “... act or fact of dying; the end of life; the final cessation of the vital functions of an individual.” Death and grief are forever in the lives of death’s victims, with no known cure, just nullified existence to help lessen the pain. As the grieving process becomes an essential element to families affected by death, a developing mentality can be forever shaped by the components of death, grief, and redemption.
Life happens, and so does death as it is also a part of life. Moreover, in many cases, some of us will have to go through the experience of anticipating death in ourselves or in a loved one as opposed to a sudden death in the family. In other words, both the family and the person involved start to grieve, even before the parting actually takes place.
Throughout our life we experience loss and grief in many situations, others may feel differently towards this experience, however there is no escape from feeling this. There are many occasions of loss which trigger grief, one being death. Death can either be sudden or anticipated.
The loss of loved ones is always traumatizing. When teens lose someone who is very close to them, they immediately feel isolated and alone. The event causes teens to think that they have nobody else to be by them. Death creates a closure around a teenager. This means that they are always thinking about
Death is part of the circle of life and it's the end of your time on earth; the end of your time with your family and loved ones. Nobody wants to die, leaving their family and missing the good times your loved ones will have once you pass on. In the Mercury Reader, Elisabeth Kübler-Ross “On the Fear of Death” and Joan Didion “Afterlife” from The Year of Magical Thinking” both share common theses on death and grieving. Didion and Kübler-Ross both explain grieving and dealing with death. Steve Jobs commencement speech for Stanford’s graduation ceremony and through personal experience jumps further into death and how I feel about it. Your time is on earth is limited one day you will die and there are many ways of grieving at the death of a loved one. I believe that the fear of death and the death of a loved one will hold you back from living your own life and the fear of your own death is selfish.
Odd as it sounds, there can be little question that some deaths are better than others. People cross-culturally have always made invidious distinctions between good deaths and bad. Compare, for instance, crooner Bing Crosby's sudden death following eighteen rounds of his beloved golf with the slow motion, painful expiration of an eighty-year-old diabetic. Bedridden following the amputation of his leg, the old man eventually began slipping in and out of consciousness. This continues over a period of years, exhausting the emotional, physical. and financial resources of his family. The essence of a "good death" thus involves the needs of the dying (such as coming at the end of full and completed lives, and when death is preferred to continued existence) as well as those of their survivors and the broader society.
Everyday people face the tragedy of losing a loved one. Though in the end they must all come face to face with cold hearted death, none wish to experience it, especially at a young age . We all wish it would never happen, and we all like to imagine ourselves and others as superhuman, invincible. When a death happens and it doesn't directly affect us or our own little community, we are shocked, maybe even for a day but never reflect on it for the rest of our lives. We see death in movies and across the world news , but yet we almost become desensitized to it. No one can imagine death or grasp the concept of death, until death is right in our face staring back at us, sending a cold shiver down our spine. It is then that we begin to feel that coldness of death we never would have thought we would ever have to feel. Some families that have this experience grieve for the rest of their life and stay in a deep, dark, long depression, and still try to make sense of why it happened to them. Others see it as a sad time, but pick themselves up relying on religion to help them in there time of need. Very few seek the help of a psychiatrist, due to the fear of ruining their reputation as a person, or for their family seeking the help of a doctor. Even when we see it happening to another family we feel sorrow but perhaps not as much as we should.
Death is the one great certainty in life. Some of us will die in ways out of our control, and most of us will be unaware of the moment of death itself. Still, death and dying well can be approached in a healthy way. Understanding that people differ in how they think about death and dying, and respecting those differences, can promote a peaceful death and a healthy manner of dying.
Death is something that many people have a hard concept grasping. The fact that a loved
One thing that we often hear is that “death is just a part of life.” So often in our day and age do we hear people utter these words. However, death is far more significant and impactful than some would allege. True death is not merely a time when we cease to exist; it is an entombment, a mindset in which we are dead to this world. Throughout our lives, it is true that we can all be dead in one way or another, but it does not have to be that way. When we have our eyes opened to what death actually is, it is far easier to grasp what the true meaning of life is, and to embrace it. Often, we will come across individuals who are enveloped in death and others who are immersed in true life. The shadow of death and entombment lies upon some, encompassing
Death is a difficult subject for many people. The topic alone can cause a lot of anxiety because of all the things we don’t know. Most of us fear death for many reasons. Whether it’s your final day, or a final moment with a loved one, it’s a painfully scary process because of its uncertainty.
In my life time, I have experienced many deaths. I have never had anyone that was very close to me die, but I have shed tears over many deaths that I knew traumatically impacted the people that I love. The first death that influenced me was the death of my grandfather. My grandfather passed away when I was very young, so I never really got the chance to know him. My papaw Tom was my mothers dad, and she was very upset after his passing. Seeing my mom get upset caused me to be sad. The second death that influenced my life was the death of my great grandmother. My great grandmother was a very healthy women her whole life. When she was ninety three she had
Death is still the scariest thing to face in life and very hard to understand, but by overcoming the death of a loved one you will realize, death is just the way life works, its reality You will be able to see you are able to live your life without your loved one by your side. Overall, just enjoy everything you have in life because one day it will all be taken away from