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Death and Losing Loved Ones
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- What was his or her name? What was this person's relationship to her?
- What were her first thoughts when she heard about the death? Was she numb, outraged, pained? Did her thoughts or feelings have anything to do with the cause of death ?
- How did she cope with the death? Did she go through a time of denial or isolation? In what ways did she deny the death? At what point did she stop denying the death? Did the denial stop due to an event or person?
- Was anyone there to support and comfort her? Who was that person? In what ways did they make the healing process easier?
- Was she angry after the death? Some say "when people can no longer deny the truth anger often follows." Did she experience this? Did she lash out at anyone in particular?
- If she was angry, how did she express it? When did her anger start subsiding? Was there a cause or was it a case of "time healing all wounds"?
- In what ways did the death of the person significantly affect her life? If the person was a child or spouse, how did it affect her life to be without him or her?
- Was the death difficult to discuss or think about? If so, what about the death made it difficult to discuss? The circumstances of it? Her feelings towards the deceased? Were family members or friends open to talking about the death or did people keep their feelings to themselves?
- Was the death unexpected? How did the person die? If it was sudden, was it harder to accept than if she had been prepared for it?
- Did she have any unresolved issues in the relationship? Things she wished that she had said or done before they were gone? How did she cope with that? How did she find resolution? Did she talk with others, cry, or maybe yell?
- Did the person have an illness or disease? Was the person terminally ill? When did she realize the seriousness of it?
- How long did the person live with the illness? What were her feelings when she heard the diagnosis?
- If they had an illness, did she have mixed feelings about their death? Relief that it was over and pain as she tried to adjust?
- Did she feel prepared for the death? Did she say good-bye to the person? How did it make her feel?
- Was she the primary caregiver? How did it affect her lifestyle? Were there any treatments involved with the illness? How did they affect her? Did she have a support system, family or friends that helped her to cope?
- Did the death of this person make her think more about her own mortality? What were her feelings about it?
- Was she involved in the funeral arrangements? Was anything about the funeral particularly memorable? Were all the family members there? Was anyone missing?
- Who did the eulogy? Was it a significant part of the funeral ceremony? Did she feel it was accurate? Was there anything that wasn't said that should have been?
- Was there a casket at the funeral? If so, was it open or closed? Did it make it easier or more difficult at the funeral if she could see the remains?
- Was there a reading of the will? Who attended? Did she inherit anything? Was it worth more in sentimental value than monetary value?
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