CRIS 608 Liberty University Death and Grief Discussion Please respond to the following discussion 200 – 250 clear and concise words in your initial reply.

CRIS 608 Liberty University Death and Grief Discussion Please respond to the following discussion

200 – 250 clear and concise words in your initial reply. Be sure to support your views with scholarly material that may include the texts and presentations. The reply is a unique contribution that reflects thoughtful analysis of topic and thread.

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The Death of an Ex-spouse

Disenfranchised grief is a form of bereavement that takes place when a cherished loved-one has died but the griever is not given the social acceptance or support to openly grieve the loss (Corr, Corr, & Doka, 2019, p. 262). A person’s employment and social circles seem to want to place approved reactions and measure of appropriateness on other’s grieving. For example, in the death of a significant other in an adulterous affair, the survivor may not be able to openly express their grief or attend a funeral service (Corr, et al., 2019, p. 263). Another example is grieving the loss of an unborn child due to miscarriage, may have an extremely limited amount of socially approved mourning (Tullis, 2017). The loss of a pet may not be considered legitimate grief at all (Tullis, 2017). In these situations, there are limited resources available to assist the griever in the mourning process (Tullis, 2017).

Marriage and divorce will increase the number of blended families and is blurring the appropriate mourning rituals for those left behind. I believe that one of the most challenging disenfranchised grief situations is grieving the loss of an ex-spouse. Sadly, there are precious few articles on the subject and extremely limited studies on this growing trend. One of the few articles discussed the death of an ex-husband and what the ex-wife referred to as a “quasi-widowhood” (Foltyn, 2016). Foltyn’s (2016) discussed the complexities of grieving as she cared for her dying ex-husband. Another discussion was from an ex-wife who received the shocking news of her ex-husband’s death, via text message from a friend (Tullis, 2017). Without being a current family member, she was not given the news with compassion as a current wife would have. She dealt with the complexities of not knowing how to mourn or if it was appropriate to cry, though she clearly felt his loss (Tullis, 2017). In a recent article, it was recommended that ex-spouses attend the funeral service, with permission from the current family and with the utmost display of manners (Should you attend an ex-spouse’s funeral? 2019). Another helpful hint was to remind the attender that the current family has the appropriate title of next of kin and has the social approval of publicly grieving (Should you attend an ex-spouse’s funeral? 2019).

I recently attended the funeral of an aunt who committed suicide after a nasty public divorce from her cheating husband of over twenty years. The couple had adult children together and shared remarkably close family ties with both sides of union. The ex-husband arranged the funeral services. He also attended with his new wife, who awkwardly resembled my aunt in almost every way. Like most of the attenders, I did not appreciate his or his new wife’s tears or public grieving. After all, would my aunt have found the support that she needed to overcome her darkness had he been faithful? The funeral service was ridiculously uncomfortable as family members tried to offer support to each other. I do believe that my ex-uncle needed to grieve our loss, however inappropriate it seemed at the time. I also believe that my ex-uncle’s new wife also needed to mourn as she witnessed this painful event.

It seems easy to read about unrecognized grief and try to imagine how each of us would respond in these situations. As a crisis and trauma student, it is also easy to understand why grief needs to be dealt with for emotional health. Yet, as a family member attending a funeral that should have never been necessary, I felt sadness, anger, and frustration. It took a great deal of thoughtful prayer before I understood that the whole family needed to grieve. We needed to grieve the loss of a longtime marriage. We needed to grieve the loss of our familiar family traditions. And, we needed to grieve together, including the new wife, the tragic suicide of our precious aunt. Moreover, we had to find forgiveness so that our family can heal. There is no rule book, for grieving the death of an ex-spouse. There is even less literature on mourning the suicide of a new husband’s ex-wife. In the end, we have all fallen short and find ourselves in need of a Savior’s grace. 1 Peter 3:8 is a good reminder for all of us to have unity of mind, sympathy, brotherly love, a tender heart, and a humble mind.

Corr, C. A., Corr, D. M. & Doka, K. J. (2019). Mindtap Death & dying, life & living (8th ed.).

Boston, MA: Cengage.

Foltyn, J. L. (2016). What remains: Crossing personal, professional, and spiritual boundaries

while caring for a dying ex-spouse. Journal of Social Work in End-of-Life & Palliative Care, 12(1-2), 10-16.

Should you attend an ex-spouse’s funeral? (2019). The Standard

Tullis, J. A. (2017). Death of an ex-spouse: Lessons in family communication about

disenfranchised grief. Behavioral Sciences, 7(2), 16. Grief is socially constructed people grieve only when they feel it is appropriate
social support is given to the Jews who are recognised as having experienced
a loss and who act in accordance with social norms. However not all Valse
is openly acknowledged and recognize losses are significant losses that are not
publicly acknowledged or socially supported the clinical term identified with
recognize losses is disenfranchised greet kinda Doka crafted this term to describe
and recognized losses as significant losses that are not publicly acknowledged
or socially supported losses that may result in disenfranchised grief include
loss of a job divorce and loss of the pit these losses are often accompanied by
intense grief and mourning but is seldom recognized by others as an important or
authentic occasion for bereavement. When people feel and be able and all Qward
and uncomfortable about the cause of the loss people are usually unwilling
to provide social support needed by those grieving loss when the matter of
death carries a stigma. The loss may not be acknowledged. These losses that
may not be acknowledged include abortion death of an incarcerated person
or suicide miscarriage can often create disenfranchised grief a miscarriage is
generally defined as a loss of the baby prior to their viability outside the womb
and this time frame is frequently defined as prior to twenty weeks gestation
the exact causes of a miscarriage are often never determined it’s this lack of
information that can sometimes come pale in the emotional pain and create fears
in future pregnancies. When individuals use suppression to deal with grief. They
lose parts of their authentic self they lose spontaneity they lose in the ocean a
presence. And often controlled emotions may emerge in a different form. These
consequences of unrecognized loss included addiction relationship problems and
depression unrecognized losses are important in crisis intervention it may be
that the recognized losses triggered the crisis of in or at least contributed to the
crisis. Assisting individuals in recognizing their losses and its contribution to the
crisis can often move the individual to acknowledge the loss and move towards
effectively grieving the loss in a healthy manner crisis can be defined as one’s
perception of an event or situation as and then tolerable difficulty that exceeds
the person’s current resources and coping mechanisms Thus the first step in crisis
intervention is to determine the significance of the incident to the individual
the individuals perception of the incident will determine the level of impact
this incident is having on the individual it is not the responsibility of the crisis
responder to determine that the person’s loss is valid and individual’s Waltz is
defined to their perception or experience of that particular event and situation
at times counsellors world view can hinder their work as counsellors sometimes
the world view King calls them to not be as sensitive to the client’s perspectives
who are struggling in their personally disturbing incident at these moments
the counsellor should acknowledge their era and pursue a more empathetic
interaction. It is important to help people find a way to acknowledge their
pain and grieve their loss. Grief does not always unfold in orderly predictable
stages it can be an emotional roller coaster with unpredictable HA’s lows and
setbacks. Everyone grieves differently so avoid telling individuals what they
should be feeling or doing except and acknowledge their feelings be willing to
sit in silence let the bereaved talk about their loss and all for comfort and
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reassurance without minimizing the loss for longer term care the crisis responder
will want to inform the adult survivor of symptoms to look for in the coming
weeks that may indicate a need for increased therapy. Two of the symptoms
include detachment from others and a loss of pleasure. These symptoms can be
signs of complicated grief needing further specialized grief care and counseling if
a counsellor discovers that the disturbed person is carrying a weapon the first
thing to bear in mind is the likelihood that the person carrying the weapon is
carrying it to protect himself or herself from other people. This person believes
they must carry a weapon to feel safe. It may be easier for a therapist to
negotiate with an agitated client who is carrying a weapon because the fear and
desperation that live behind it can be so easily understood. Edwin Shneidman
the founder of the discipline of Suicidology has said depression never causes
suicide. There is a correlation between depression and suicide ideation but a
correlation is not a causal connection depression is not a necessary calls for
suicide people kill themselves who have never been to pray is. When considering
suicidal ideations. The D.S.M. five delineates five criteria. The individual
has made a suicide attempt within the past two years. The criterion for non
suicidal self injury behavior is not met there in the aforementioned suicide
attempts. The diagnosis is not applied to preparation for suicide attempt or
suicide ideation. The act was not attempted during an altered mental state
such as delirium or confusion. The act was not logically motivated when a
suicidal person calls for help the first thing to do upon receiving an emergency
call is to get their name and telephone number. Phone calls or prone to drops
outages caller ID confusion and other phone issues in the event of one of these
occur. The trauma Council can call the person back when considering treatment
acute inpatient hospitalization is the most intensive level of psychiatric care
and this includes multiple interventions in a twenty four hour secure supervised
treatment environment. Residential treatment is a live in structure treatment
program with limited supervision. Intensive outpatient programs or for patients
that no longer need constant supervision but still need intensive therapeutic
interventions. Partial hospitalization programs or a comprehensive short term
treatment program for patients who don’t need twenty four hour monitoring but
our experience in psychiatric symptoms they need help managing. Traditional
outpatient counseling includes individual meetings one o one with a therapist
on a weekly basis. Treatment of an underlying mental or physical disorder may
alleviate suicidal impulses or improve coping with a source of distress installation
of hope is essential. As the individual must find reasons to continue living
rather than seeking self-destruction to learn more about suicidal assessment and
treatment review the link to the American Psychiatric Association Practical
Guide for the assessment and treatment of patients with suicidal behaviors under
module week three.
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