Neser Boha
upgrade your gray matter
- Mar 4, 2009
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In the short term? Sure. If she finds it comforting, absolutely. She's not in her right mind. In the long term we'd make sure she understood what likely happened. As she'll be more rational.
Denial is part of the grieving process. Her son died a dozen or so hours ago. If she wants to believe he was shot by John Wilkes Booth, I'm not going to correct her tonight. I'm just gonna hug her and let her sob it out.
So much for the love you said you have for her.
Arguing with her on how her son died the same day he died? Who would that serve? She's not in her right mind. She wouldn't accept the evidence. As she's working on pure emotion.
When she's had some time to process it, to work through some of the grief.....she'll likely come to the truth on her own. If she doesn't, we'll guide her there.
Again, expecting a grieving mother to act as if she's not grieving is unrealistic.
It doesn't have to be argumentative.
Expecting an adult to act like an adult isn't unrealistic
When the standards of 'adult' are rationality and logic......yes it is unrealistic when they've just lost a child.
Grieving people aren't in their right mind. You're expecting them to act as if they are. That's not how it works.
The standard for being an adult is being able to act that way even when things don't work in your favor.
I expect people to act as adults.
Wow, absolute lack of empathy.