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Lesson OneTypes of Loss3 Activities1 Assessment
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Lesson TwoGrieving After Death3 Activities1 Assessment
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Lesson ThreeLoss of Relationships3 Activities1 Assessment
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Lesson FourLoss in Covid Times3 Activities1 Assessment
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Lesson FiveHope for Those Who Have Suffered Loss3 Activities1 Assessment
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Course Wrap-UpCourse Completion1 Activity1 Assessment
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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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I agree there is no right way to grieve. The right way is the way the person choses to grieve.
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Yes.no.feelings aren’t wrong. Grief is personal. It’s okay to have feelings.it is not our place to judge . We need to do our best to walk in Love. If someone is in pain they need a lot of love.we all do.
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using destructive behaviors would be a wrong way to grieve; however, length of grief necessary varies
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Agree! People have to grieve over many things and no one way is right or wrong!
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I agree that there is no right way to grieve. Loss can affect people in different ways. When my sister passed away, I was devastated. It took me years to get over her death. We were close and were living together while I attended college. She was very young, and her illness grew very quickly. We didn’t know how sick she was until I went to her job and found her doubled over in her office. I rushed her to the hospital where she spent the remainder of her days (around 2 months). She had cancer and it progressed quickly. I would shake and break down for months after her death. Every year at any holiday my nerves would cause uncontrollable shaking at times when I sat and thought about her. As years passed, I got better and didn’t break down as much. It’s been 22 years and I still get saddened when I think of the time that we have lost together but I am able to handle my emotions.
My oldest brother passed away after my sister, also from cancer. We knew he was sick and was able to spend a lot of time together. His passing was hard, but I grieved differently than I did with my sister.
My father passed away in 2016. I was always a daddy’s girl, so it shook me to the core. Although he was 83 and we also knew he was sick, I didn’t handle his passing very well. I cried nonstop for two weeks and couldn’t leave my house or move off the couch. Finally, my family begged me to try to live and take care of myself. It took me realizing that I had to live for them in order for me to try to start coping with his death. I still cry at holidays and on his birthday at times, but it is getting easier to cope with as time passes.
There is no one way to grieve right or wrong. We are human beings and grief is something that comes in many shapes and forms.
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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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I believe that when one is living in grief and fear they’re really living in unbelief. This causes the heart to feel hurt and empty because of the loss of a loved one. Our faith must be in Jesus’ word. He said in John 11: 25 NKJV, I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live. Faith is the opposite of fear. Faith in Jesus is what we need to get through the feeling of grief and loss.
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Sometimes when you experience loss, you are not sure on how to move on, or how to relate to others, fear can come from being robbed, or violated , or unsure on sure how to continue in life without a love one.
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There are times, even as a Christians, death can seem fearful. Losing a love one causes separation which bring on loneness which usher in fear. Death and fear feels like an empty whole inside your soul.
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Grief feels like fear because one can feel helpless and without hope. Grief will also cause you feel that no one cares and you are all alone. When grief feels like fear it’s hard to cope. Fear paralyzes you.
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The anxiety grief creates makes it feel like fear. It seems never ending.
