Grieving of a Young Person
Grief is an intense and inevitable psychological reaction to everyone’s experiences. Grief is still grief; however, the circumstances that triggered the loss; still, it remains a loss. In grieving, the experience is always and most probably the most penetrating and dominant aspect of and individual’s life. This is a definition of “being in a place someone never imagined and was less prepared for,” plying on a rocky and uneven road. However, circumstances of the loss determine how more or less difficult a person may come to terms with it (McDowell, 2016). Various processes occur during the grieving of an ultimate tragedy (the loss of a young person). Devastation takes the better part of the process.
The grieving of a young person triggers feelings of injustice and trying to understand that it should have never happened. Early stages of this process are the feelings of excruciating pain, numbness, and dichotomy. Grieving, when a young person dies, requires hard work. For example, most parents who lost their sons or daughter reported feeling like only “existing,,” and it took them years to come in terms of their losses (Grieving, n.d). This is because it feels unnatural to outlive the young. The grieving of a child requires dedication to live. It is quite devastating, mostly to parents who gave life and promised a future to now come to new terms and commitment that it is no more.
Death is a hard reality to take in. However, it is more traumatic and heartbreaking when it happens to a young person. The brighter future, much possibility, graduations, birthdays, or wedding days are no more. Yes, grief is grief, but the grieving process of a younger person is more painful as compared to older people. When a young person dies, too many possibilities and potential are lost. On the other side, the death of a granny is a celebration of life, their achievements, and their satisfying life on earth, it is less painful.