Discussion Questions
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In this lesson, Dr. Welch says, “There is no right way to grieve.” Do you agree? Have you ever seen someone grieve in a way that you thought was “wrong”? Explain.
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Everyone is different and therefore, there is no set formula to grief. I am speaking from my own experience that I grief so differently for the lost of my mom and my dad. It took me months from getting out of my mom’s passing away as she was so active just a month before her passing away. Meanwhile we were all thinking dad might be the one going first as he had been in and out of hospitals and had long term deseases. Dad lived couple more years after mom passed away and we experienced God’s grace upon him and celebrated his life.
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Reflect on the C. S. Lewis quote: “No one ever told me that grief felt so like fear.” In what ways do you think grief feels like fear? How does that make coping with grief/loss difficult?
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Grief feels like fear, because there is such uncertainty. It is not predictable, and is very elusive. When the grief process starts you feel as if you are out of control. Loss can make one apprehensive, and afraid actually to make next steps in their life. Grief can feel like fear because you do not know from day today how your emotions will be, and how to manage the sudden triggers that can sometimes set off a very emotional response.
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You are afraid of what to do. Living without that person. Fear of the unknown.
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grief is like fear because of the loss and what happens now,where do we go from here.
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The grief felt like fear when a person refused to and is afraid to carry on with life, afraid of doing the same things that they used to do together prior to the loss of their loved one.
This person will need more time to come to terms with the knowledge that their loved one is no longer with them and that they can take as much time as they need to cope with the loss of a loved one and get used to doing the things without them, this will be difficult and prolong the grieving process.
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i think grief is an expression of our fear,what are we to do next.