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Death and Mourning

The document discusses the inevitability of death and the profound impact it has on those left behind, emphasizing the emotional turmoil experienced during mourning. It highlights that grief is a complex, individual process that varies from person to person, and societal expectations often fail to provide adequate support. The speaker encourages valuing relationships, as loss can occur unexpectedly, and emphasizes that while one cannot truly 'move on' from grief, they can learn to live with it.

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Death and Mourning

The document discusses the inevitability of death and the profound impact it has on those left behind, emphasizing the emotional turmoil experienced during mourning. It highlights that grief is a complex, individual process that varies from person to person, and societal expectations often fail to provide adequate support. The speaker encourages valuing relationships, as loss can occur unexpectedly, and emphasizes that while one cannot truly 'move on' from grief, they can learn to live with it.

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DEATH AND MOURNING

Death is the inevitable destiny of every human being, a stage in the life of all living beings
that constitutes the natural horizon of the vital process. Death is the predicted culmination
of life, although uncertain as to when and how it will occur, and, therefore, it is part of us
because of the attitude that we adopt towards the fact that we have to die, it partly
determines how we live, the death of the other, even more so when it is close, will have
a greater impact on those who witness it. I am Emilia Páez, and today I am going to talk
about a difficult topic not only for me but for many, death and mourning after this.
"You don't know how strong you are until being strong is the only option you have" Bob
Marley. Coping with the loss of someone or something you love is one of life's greatest
challenges. Often the pain of loss can be overwhelming. You can experience all kinds of
difficult and unexpected emotions, from shock or anger to disbelief, guilt and deep
sadness, sometimes the pain of grief can also affect your physical health, making it
difficult to sleep, eat or even think correctly, these are normal reactions to significant loss.
Mourning and grieving are forms of dramatic social experience of the death of a loved
one, the function of mourning is to express the sadness and pain felt by the living person
due to the departure or physical disappearance of a family member or friend. The father
of psychoanalysis, Sigmund Freud, refers to mourning as a subjective feeling that appears
after the death of a loved one, it is the psychological response, a feeling and thought that
occurs before the loss of someone you love, therefore, it is essential to understand grief
as a process in motion, with changes and multiple possibilities of expression, and not as
a static state with rigid limits.
Nobody teaches you how to live after the loss of someone important to you, they do not
even prepare you to continue with your life after that event that often becomes traumatic.
When you lose someone many times you will hear things like "Things happen for a
reason", "It was God's plan", and many more, they tend to be comments with good
intentions, but intentionally, they can affect others. But my point is that these people do
not know what to say or do, because as I mentioned before, absolutely no one teaches you
to live with grief, because those affected usually deal with death in different ways,
however, no one understands this pain until they experience it, in addition to the fact that
death and grief tend to be a delicate topic to talk about, since despite the fact that we will
all go through it, no one expects to have to experience pain as great as the death of losing
someone important to you.
When someone you love dies, there is no such thing as moving on, you just learn to live
with it, that is why today, before ending this speech, I advise you what all adults always
say, value the people around you, because when you least expect it, they can disappear,
and death, despite being something inevitable, is very painful and nobody prepares you
for it. I sincerely hope you don't have to deal with this anytime soon and what you heard
today will help you through difficult times. Thank you so much.

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