CONCEPTUAL STRESS UNDERSTANDING & MANAGEMENT
is because of the social interaction of sympathy or pity. The feeling of missing and feeling of being left out are because of the breech in the happy association to which one is habituated. Death can be even more stressful if it is untimely, accidental, sudden, homicidal, suicidal or criminal. This becomes additionally painful because it is challenges the very foundation of oneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mind. It defies the unconscious presumption and logic that death is associated with old age. It inflicts severely state of complacency or unguardedness. It makes us vulnerable to psychological shock. In the present circumstances the medical treatment has become extremely expensive and death of a near and dear one can take place merely because of financial constraints. This would be associated with sense of guilt and add additional painful dimensions to the sad event. Death of a spouse or son/daughter is considered to be far more stressful than that of the others. This is because it is associated with several other factors which cause crippling of the daily existence. Death of spouse can mean besides intense emotional bereavement, crippling economic loss. It can mean tremendous deficiency in bringing up of the children, looking after household affairs to many other problems. These things create besides extreme unpleasantness fear and apprehension about death of the near dear ones. This leads to constant anxiety and worry about our close onesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; security. B] Our own death is also probably the most dreaded and unpleasant phenomenon for every one of us: In Marathi there is a poem which states: MRUTYUNE JANA BAHATAT PARI TE BHOGASA VAITAGUNI MRUTYO YEU NAKO ASE VINAVITI SARE PARANTU MANI This means, many of us, may say that they want to die >> 78 <<