SIRA: Grief and Bereavement

[moonshadow112358]

she's dying ...I can't stand the thought of it. why does life have to be this way? I wish there was somtthing I could do. fuck

[aishakafeel]

I wouldn't be able to love anyone else if I was to become a widow. I am a woman of only one man and to me, love and marriage is for the whole life and after... ;* Unhappy marriages where only one spouse loves and the other does not, do not count... ;P ;/- lol...

[aishakafeel]

True. Only if we don't love, we don't grief, either... :-(

[shockthesky]

most psychiatrists just give grieving people a drug as if a drug can bring my wife back from the dead and comfort me.

[MessiStyles]

58 min how?

[laysea65]

I must be to the extreme as when my mom died I fell apart, went into the worst depths of depression and even got so sick that it almost killed me. I stopped living and it's been 9 yrs since I lost my mom whom it wasn't expected and she was 53 yrs old and she was my everything so I wonder why I am still stuck in my darkness of grief and depression. It doesn't go away or when ppl tell me you need to get over it makes me angry as how do you just get over it?

[AJHcorolla]

nurses get about 10 hours each year per year of study

[sheelajacks07]

Good grief or bad grief? Oh I forgot. Doctors only had 1 measly hour to study this in med school and it could take yeeears to investigate. Most of their time is spent barring cures and getting richer and richer killing people with dangerous drugs.

[sheelajacks07]

There is no correct way to grieve. Different cultures have their way of grieving. Who came up with the 2 month grief limit? That is insane. They forget the Holidays! the birthdays and the family gatherings, all this can take years to deal with depending on the person.

[ADyingFaith]

If someone is still depressed after two months, i think that is very normal. The person has gone forever and is never coming back. That is enough to destroy a person.

[muskndusk]

Brilliant presentation of a difficult subject. Helped me to understand the price of repressing grief and avoiding tears.

[Arnebananlolo]

Wtf.

I wanted to see people ruining other people's games, not this! O_o

[Superbird281]

I wish workplaces took bereavement more seriously. My workplace gives 3 days. That's enough time to plan a funeral, but not much else.

[goddogcattac696]

you should give your boss's wife a bereavement of their own then.

[newarrior3000]

The presenter rocks !@

[newarrior3000]

I LOVE THIS !

We live in an ill society that denies death--

No one wants to feel

We live in a society of addicts who hate to feel

Would love to hear from any midlife orphans !

[Chocolateluvr1987]

I disagree with the point he makes about traumatic loss. It is very much dependent on the individual, and the loss of a parent can be traumatic if the illness is sudden/complicated or involves intense behavioural changes, etc. Trauma is partly determined by a diathesis towards such a reaction, and by the subjective reaction of helplessness towards the circumstances.

I also agree with clairobic's point about not being "allowed" to grieve, and the peculiar scripts for "grief" we have here.

[Abbabble]

Helpful video for letting me know what to expect for myself, and what to watch for in my recently-widowed mother. The presenter was very frank but very sensitive.

[gabe0083]

zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

[newarrior3000]

Gabe: Are you a moron, immature ? Haven't experienced loss ? You will--

[gabe0083]

I just meant the video was boring, which is irrelevent to me losing anyone

[newarrior3000]

Well, maybe you could make your own video :-)

i don't know how to glam up loss :)-

[clairobics]

Doesn't deal enough with, not being "allowed" to grieve if you are in an intensely positive "depended upon" profession such as teaching. I don't feel I have been "allowed" to grief because of work yet and looking forward to the school holidays, simply to be able to be myself again and shed the odd tear!

Some colleagues DON'T seem to understand WHY you might be sad and sometimes I would like to just shout at them "Don't you know my mum has just died!"

[MsMomo63]

I was diciplined at work for grieving the loss of my husband. I was "distracting" my co-workers and was threatened to be fired if I did not comply. This was 2 months into at least a 2 year grieving period.

[newarrior3000]

I agree most adults are walking dumbshits

[MyGriefSpaceNet]

This is a very comprehensive, yet easy to understand video about the process of grief for both people in bereavement and caregivers for the bereaved and grieving.

[josephtierney11]

I'm Joe. I'm a Funeral Director. Well done for promoting practicle advice, development and assessment in bereavement care. It's much neglected. This was very emotive.. Bravo Uni of California TV!!

[snowiecharlie]

a fantastic presentation on grief and bereavement, extremely helpful. well done should be shown on a tv programme

[pedro23rt]

An excellent presentation. Should get more views. The presenter appears very genuine.

[bijo2000]

Bravo! Very informative and nicely narrated. Good work.