PSY 3101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Neurosis, Smoking Age, No Age
5 Mar 2016
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Aspects of death v personal in their impact o o o. Fear higher when young, peaks middle age, lowest when elderly. Children are future, may feel they failed responsibility. Adult child - may mean a lack of future support. Need to be honest, openly express feelings (no hiding or suppressing) Sense of grief depends on what child represents to the parent: o o. Midterm 1 o o o o o o. Illness becomes part of family paterns and death is devastaing. Paterns are factors determining interacions o o o o. Suspected awareness - suspects but is not told. Mutual pretense seems to be the one that most ppl engage but not as healthy. Sustain illusion w avoidance, euphemisms, distancing strategies (withdrawal, excusing) Survivor guilt (existenial vacuum or lack of meaning) W homosexuality there is the problem w the partner"s family if they haven"t come to terms. Reality of grief dependent on legal and social sancions.
