Coping with Death: What to Expect

Dealing with the death of a friend, family member or loved one can be very tough. Especially when you are really close to the person who is deceased but how do you over come that sadness of losing someone you love and care about?

There are different stages that you go through when dealing with the death of a loved one. One of these stages is denial. When a loved one or a friend passes away you may go into denial. By going into denial you may say " no they haven't passed away they are just on a trip" or you may deny the fact that you are sad and grieving by playing it off as if you are fine and nothing happened.

The next stage you may go through when dealing with the death of a loved one is anger. You may be angry that you are now along with out whom ever passed. If you got into a car accident and you lived but your best friend or a relative passed away you may be angry.

This brings me to the third stage you will go through when dealing with death that is bargaining dealing with death is tough. But dealing with death may also be tougher if you believe it should have been you who passed away. This is bargaining you may do may consist of you constantly wonder why it wasn't you and it may also lead you to believe if you would have been the one to pass away it would have been better.

Another stage you will go through while dealing with deal is depression. The death of a loved one is a very sad thing. The death of any body in general is sad. When you lose someone whom you cared so much about it could get you in a mood of depression. There is no length of how long your depression will last. For some they are depressed for a day or week for others the depression may last as long as a few years and they may get medicated for depression.

The final stage of dealing with the death is acceptance. This is the last step. When you accept that whom ever that has passed away is gone and you can't bring them back it will help you heal. Acceptance means you understand what happened and that you are over it though you may still miss the person or animal you understand and accept that nothing you could have done would have saved them or stopped them from passing away because death is part of life.