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The Experience of Bereavement
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The modern term ‘bereavement’ originates from an Old English word meaning ‘to rob’. In contemporary society, bereavement can refer to any great loss, but it commonly refers to the death of a loved one. ‘Mourning’ refers to the various public displays of bereavement; funeral ceremonies, wakes, visiting cemeteries to put flowers on graves, memorial services on anniversaries etc. ‘Grieving’ refers to the psychological component of bereavement, the feelings human beings have when a loved person dies. Since Dr. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross published her seminal book ‘On Death And Dying’ in 1969, it has been assumed that coming to terms with death has five distinct phases; denial and isolation, anger, bargaining, depression, and finally acceptance. Health care professionals believed that anyone bereaved or facing their own death should move through these phases, one at a time, but potentially a person could get ‘stuck’ at any stage, impeding the ‘resolution’ of their grieving process. The above view assumed that while each bereaved person may feel things in somewhat different ways, everyone’s bereavement process was essentially the same. It is now accepted that human beings are far more complicated than that. After years of dealing with patients who did not conform neatly to this view of distinct phases, psychologists, psychiatrists, counsellors and psychotherapists, began to change their assumptions. It is now recognised that each person experiences bereavement in his or her own way and every bereavement will have its own unique process. A bereaved person might move back and forth between denial, anger, sadness, fear, and guilt many times a day and never reach ‘resolution’ in Kubler-Ross’s sense. The way bereavement is experienced depends not only upon personality: a person’s individual sensitivities, the way a person typically responds to crises and loss, but also upon the circumstances of the death and the relationship the bereaved person had to the person who has died. It can also be affected by how much we are supported by others and by how much other stress we have in our lives at the time. Bereavement can bring feelings of isolation, anxiety, and confusion, as well as physical effects such as weight loss, lack of concentration, and sleep disturbance. The bereaved person may experience a loss of memory, loss of self-esteem and identity, and on occasion may even begin to take on the characteristics of the person who has died. They may begin to neglect their appearance for a time and feel that nothing matters any more. Although these are all normal rather than pathological reactions, at such times it can help to talk to others about what is being felt. Friends, family, health care workers, religious leaders, all may be able to offer support until life begins to make sense again.A ‘complicated bereavement’ can occur when the bereaved person begins to suffer from more complex mental health problems as a result of not being able to deal with their feelings of loss and grief. The following are guidelines only and a person who does not fulfil any of these may still have a difficult experience of bereavement. Likewise, someone who fits all of the following may be able to move through the feelings of grief without undue difficulty. However, if some or all of the following conditions apply, it may be more likely that the bereaved person could suffer from a complicated bereavement:•If the bereaved person is a carer for others, especially a single parent of young children.•If the bereaved person has had a history of mental health problems.•If the death was sudden, or violent.•If the relationship between the bereaved and the deceased was a difficult one, characterised by strong feelings, both positive and negative.•If the bereaved person is under additional stress at the moment of the death, for example, a divorce, financial worries, his or her own poor health.•If the person who died was the person that the bereaved would have turned to for help or support.•If the bereaved person has experienced multiple bereavements within the past few years.Bereaved persons have to learn to live with the emptiness of the absent person, as well as deal with intensified self-reflection regarding their own lives, their choices, regrets, and their own mortality. Bereavement can instigate many deep changes that can affect those left behind in ways that extend far beyond the specific loss of relationship they are mourning. Although living through these changes often feels painful and sometimes even overwhelming, the eventual outcome of this process can be quite positive. By confronting the fact of death it is possible to become more compassionate, or galvanised into pursuing what’s really important in one’s life.



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Dealing with the Feelings of Grief and Bereavement:•The reaction to bereavement will be influenced by the relationship the bereaved person had to the person who died, and the way that person died. •What is ‘normal’ will feel different for a while. For example, the bereaved person might feel numb, or like everything is unreal.•This change in reality can feel scary and isolating. It can be helpful to seek the advice and support of a GP and/or counsellor during this time.•Sadness, fear, and anger are common feelings during bereavement.•The energy of sadness often rises up the front of the body, into the chest, throat, face, and eyes. Tears can release this sadness.•Fear can feel like a stiffness around the body, or a frozen feeling in the middle of the body. Another’s comforting touch or embrace can let the body relax a little.•Anger can feel hot, like pressure, and can be quite intense. It may be a challenge for the bereaved person to have compassion for their own suffering while not taking their anger out on others.•Working through grief takes as long as it takes, and it can take longer than is commonly expected, long after others think it has passed. These feelings can also re-emerge if the bereaved person suffers another loss of any kind.  •It is advisable that the bereaved avoid making important decisions, when possible, during the months immediately following the death.Bereavement CounsellingNo matter how a person responds to bereavement, their response inevitably reveals something about how they function as a person, and this ‘something’ can be explored in a safe and confidential way with a counsellor. Bereavement counselling, like all counselling, offers a person the opportunity to hear themselves express their thoughts and feelings, or to sit in silence with someone who is willing to be with them as they are, without trying to change them or cheer them up. Counsellors usually do not give advice, but will help a person to find their own answers to their life issues and conflicts. Bereavement counsellors will expect a person to want to talk about the person who died and also about how to adjust to life without that person. But a person can talk about anything that’s important to them and this means that a counselling session might be spent talking about practical matters, future hopes and plans, or new relationships that are developing with neighbours, family members, and others. Although bereavement is the issue that may bring a person to a counsellor, the sessions may eventually and naturally begin to lead to other matters. Bereavement counsellors are trained to work exclusively with people who are coping with the death of someone important to them. However, most counsellors and psychotherapists will work with bereaved people. Some hospitals and all hospices offer bereavement support and in these settings it is becoming clear that people can also benefit greatly from the opportunity to talk about their anticipated bereavement before the person has actually died, and there is some suggestion that support before the bereavement can make bereavement support afterwards less necessary. Counselling can also be accessed from many GP surgeries, voluntary bereavement services, hospices, counselling centres, and some hospitals. Some volunteers from bereavement services (volunteers may not be trained counsellors but will always have completed a bereavement training course) can meet in the person’s home but most counsellors work from an office or health centre. Some people seek counselling for only one session, or occasionally when they feel they need it, or on a regular basis (often once a week) for a longer period. It is important to note that a person does not have to feel in crisis to ask to see a counsellor. He or she may just want to check out how they are coping, to be reassured that what they feel is OK. Some professionals suggest that bereavement counselling is best left until six months or more after the bereavement. It is at this time that friends, families, neighbours, have begun to get on with their own lives and may assume that the bereaved person is ready to do the same. It can be difficult to continuously bring up the issue when others expect the person to be over it.  It is perfectly acceptable for a person to seek counselling years after the bereavement, when others seem to think everyone must be over it.  Another bereavement, illness, divorce, job loss, etc. can unexpectedly rekindle feelings of grief that had subsided.A first session of bereavement counselling usually begins with the person seeking counselling (the client) telling their story. This often includes a full history of the relationship they had with the deceased, how they met, what they enjoyed doing together, how long they were together, and perhaps any difficulties in the relationship. Clients also often begin counselling by talking about the present, how difficult it is without the person who has died, how it has changed their other relationships, and almost always, a detailed discussion about how the person died. As nowadays more and more people die in hospitals, this discussion can focus on anger regarding what was done or not done by hospital staff. The bereaved person can sometimes be left almost ‘haunted’ by questions about their loved one’s illness or care that no one can adequately answer. Dwelling over and over again on these specifics may be one way of trying to deny that the person has died.  It is not uncommon for people to continue to feel the presence of the person who has died. Sometimes the deceased person’s voice is heard, or their image is seen in a favourite place. The counsellor can offer reassurance that this is not uncommon, and eventually, after some months of talking about their feelings, a new sort of continuing relationship may develop between the bereaved person and the memory of the deceased. Clients might begin counselling thinking it will help them to get over the person’s death, making that person less important so life can proceed. But most people don’t want to ‘forget’ how important their loved one is to them. They want to be allowed to ‘talk’ to the person they miss, and think about how they would handle present situations. This can be quite comforting. Counselling can be used to help find a way to integrate the bond with the deceased back into present life, albeit now without that person’s physical presence.   The ‘If only’ phrases uttered by family, friends, doctors and nurses, (‘If only I’d said…’ ‘If only we’d done…’ ‘If only he’d left a few minutes later’) suggest that our society forgets that despite medical advances and our scientific age, we all still die.  And as a consequence of this everyone needs to find ways of adapting to their mortality and to the fact that others they care about will also die. Counselling is one source of support in trying to make sense of the shattered certainties, loneliness and confusion that bereavement may bring.  Unresolved grief can become a barrier between the bereaved person and others. It can seem so unfair that this person is no longer there. This feeling can become general, until life itself seems unfair. The bereaved person may begin to relate to the world as if it is an unsafe and aggressive place. The counsellor can help the person begin to discover the source of this negativity in their own reaction to their loss and the reassurance that what they are feeling is quite normal can help their world seem understandable again.  Bereavement counselling aims to provide comfort and support, facilitate mourning, and ameliorate complicated bereavements. Clients typically feel grateful for the space that counselling provides and studies suggest that ‘high risk’ clients benefit significantly from these sessions. Useful BooksThe Power of Focusing. A Practical Guide to Emotional Self-Healing. By Dr. Ann Weiser Cornell (1997). New Harbinger Publications.‘You’ll Never Get Over It’ The Rage of Bereavement. Virginia Ironside (1996). Penguin Books.All In The End Is Harvest. Agnes Whitaker (Editor) (1984). DLT Publ. Badger’s Parting Gifts. Susan Varley (A Children’s Book)Your local bookshop will have a selection of other books on bereavement and how to help feelings change.Children and DeathChildren’s reactions to death vary according to their age and it can be helpful to seek the advice of a counsellor if an adult is not sure how to explain death to a young child.  Hospices can usually offer information and literature appropriate for young ages. Generally it is advised to include children in the pre-death period, explaining some of what is happening, answering questions, and allowing the child to say goodbye to the person who is dying. It is often helpful to allow children to attend funerals and services as they wish, but to remember that, unlike an adult, a child may alternate between extreme distress and playful indifference quite quickly, and this is normal. Bereavement projects that work with children often use play, arts and crafts, in individual and small group settings, to explore the child’s loss and relive their memories in a safe and productive way.


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Whilst the web is dynamic and actual-time, cellular advertising and marketing is often not. And that leads to a whole lot of headaches for developers who search to adverts to not only monetize, but also market place their apps and construct relationships with customers.
But PlayHaven, a San Francisco start-up, is searching to bring the genuine-time web to cellular advertising with a new platform debuting nowadays on iOS that offers mobile sport developers the capacity to react swiftly to their shifting needs as they arise. What this implies is that developers will be capable to tailor and configure their outreach through mobile overlay adverts on the fly, allowing them to emphasize monetization 1 moment while pushing engagement or app advertising yet another.
This transpires via PlayHaven’s platform, which utilizes customizable HTML5 overlay windows that can appear at different moments in a mobile video game app. Builders can set up the PlayHaven SDK in a game in about an hour or connect to PlayHaven’s web-centered APIs. Typically, builders should install 3rd-get together SDKs for points like monetization or advertisements, but placing a single in or taking 1 out requires an update and a evaluation from Apple. But with a single installation of PlayHaven’s SDK, developers really do not need to get successive approvals for any alterations they make.
That’s due to the fact they can now control and system their overlay window from a internet dashboard, providing them the flexibility to make tweaks quickly. So if a developer desires to reward end users upon opening up an app for the initial time, leveling up or for utilizing a recreation close to a holiday getaway, they can plan the window with a new message on the fly offering virtual goods that utilizes PlayHaven’s reward technique. When they are hunting to emphasize monetization or advertising, a developer can use the window to advertise yet another a single of their very own apps or inform individuals to an update. Or they can tap into PlayHaven’s app advertising network and use their area to advertise other apps. And this can also adjust from instant to minute and all the distinctions are reflected instantly in the app.

Developers can apply frequency capping and time limitations for messages and they prioritize the buy in which specific messages go out. And they can have control over the font, picture and hues they use, enabling them to A/B check different combinations to see which are the most efficient. PlayHaven also offers analytics to assist developers to recognize what is doing work and what’s not. This type of iteration transpires in a lot of online social video games, but it usually hasn’t occur to cellular sport apps. But now, PlayHaven’s supplying it to sport builders and a lot of are fired up at the prospect.
Mobile sport developer Glu just signed on with the platform and 50 % Brick, maker of Fruit Ninja, is also employing the new tool. Andy Yang, CEO of PlayHaven stated it’s all about supplying developers more equipment to rapidly respond to their demands. And that, he thinks that can enhance developer revenues by 10 times or far more.
“This is surely 1 important piece of the puzzle,” Yang informed me. “Mobile developers are missing overall flexibility and they really do not have techniques to engage and monetize instantly in genuine time.”
Yang said builders may nonetheless employ other cellular ad SDKs and monetization equipment, but he’s hoping he can companion with some companies and offer it all by means of one bundle. He’s preparing on also adding video advertisements and other cross advertising equipment to the platform.

I believe this tends to make a great deal of sense for developers. They frequently have goals that shift on the fly. Occasionally, you are hunting to just push retention and engagement, and at other moments you want to push monetization. By using a device like PlayHaven, you can be a lot more responsive and greater very own the partnership with a person. General, I consider this is the way advertising and marketing will need to have to go. Static mobile campaigns or gradually shifting outreach just cannot reduce it for developers, who want to constantly tweak their efforts to see what operates.
Because launching in May well of 2010, PlayHaven has been utilised in a lot more than 750 game titles and has attained 36 million distinctive consumers. The organization has elevated $ 3 million so far from BV Cash, Tandem Entrepreneurs, Charles River Ventures and Light Speed Partners.
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The announcements ended up created at the IFA technological innovation conference in Berlin, wherever Samsung claimed that the 5” Galaxy Note tablet would be the very first in a new group of gadgets. Using a stylus, consumers will be ready to draw on the Note to annotate photographs or email messages.


The firm also unveiled a scaled-down, 7.7” Galaxy Tab, complementing the active eight.9” and 10.1” versions. Equally the two new, more compact models will also be capable to make phone calls.


Dell’s Streak and HTC’s Flyer are between the tablets that have previously attempted to popularise a more compact form aspect. Samsung claims buyer analysis has indicated a demand for extended battery lifestyle and notice-taking capabilities, but with facts on charges and availability unconfirmed, the new products’ prospects are unsure.


The 7.7” product features a Super Amoled+ display screen, a dual-core one.4GHz purposes processor, up to 64GB of storage, and a 5,100mAh battery that claims 10 several hours of video clip playback. The display screen resolution is the initial to surpass Apple’s ‘Retina’ display, despite the fact that the iPad has a more substantial display screen.


Samsung also declared that its ‘Smart TVs’, which link to the internet, will also be the only ones to play 3D YouTube videos, after signing an distinctive offer with the Google-owned internet site.



It also exposed a new Windows tablet Pc that docks with a keyboard for dual operation.

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Lewis Moody is confident he is "on the right route" to proving his fitness for England's opening Planet Cup match with Argentina.
"The target is still following week and playing against Argentina," mentioned the Bath flanker. "Every little thing at the minute says we are on the right path. Everyone has been quite confident and I am happy at how it has gone. I just want to get via coaching and be content in my individual head that my knee is very good.
"The most crucial factor is that the medics and the physios are content with me and they are not heading to risk me if it is not appropriate and I go and knacker it yet again."
Moody has played less than five matches because 1st harmful the his knee in January and is a single of 6 England people who travelled to New Zealand with an injury.
The scrum-50 percent Ben Youngs has a worry more than his knee soon after undergoing an operation, which kept him out of England's three warm-up fixtures. Mark Cueto suffered a back again spasm in Saturday's 20-9 victory above Ireland and Mike Tindall was replaced ahead of the finish with a tight hamstring. Tom Wood and Nick Easter each missed the Aviva Stadium victory as a precaution after building calf problems. And Simon Shaw's departure from England was delayed by a abdomen bug.
England ended up greeted at Auckland airport by close to 300 supporters and their arrival in New Zealand led the nationwide information. "It was a fantastic welcome," mentioned the England coach, Martin Johnson. "Folks chat about Globe Cups for a prolonged time and to truly get there and see the exhilaration was great enjoyable. It was a good way to come in. It is like the countdown has commenced. The whole entire world of rugby is right here."

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