Support Groups in Disenfranchised Grief
The Role of Support Groups in Disenfranchised Grief
Support groups aim at offering heart-touching words to victims of disenfranchised grief. Although the group members struggle to come up with the right words to say, they do their best to ensure that they bring hope to the individuals. The support groups care less about their unsurely about the words they offer and instead focus on showing genuine concerns to the grief victims. The support groups also ensure that they have both availability and connection to the disenfranchised grief victims. Since they understand that grieving people need healing time, support group members checks in to see how they are faring (Marton et al., 2020). Moreover, support groups come up with practical tasks to keep the bereaved people busy. The tasks include meal preparation, going out on walks, shopping, and babysitting. By so doing, the support groups help the victims keep their minds engaged in avoiding negative thoughts.
Support groups help bereaved people by avoiding an explanation of the loss experienced. Since consoling words can influence the victims, the support groups strive to find other words divert from the topic of loss. The members of support groups often listen more than they talk to the bereaved. Besides, the support groups try in every way to avoid advising the franchised grief victims. The group members understand that despite the advice helping the bereaved people recover at some point, it can worsen their feelings. The support groups also have respect for the bereaved grieving ways (Tsui et al., 2019, p. 391). The members understand that grieving is universal, and no way is good or bad to express it. Support groups offer a listening ear to the victims intending to come up with the best solutions for their sadness. Therefore, support groups offer a safe space for people facing disenfranchised grief to express their losses as substantial and worthwhile.
References
Marton, B., Kilbane, T., & Nelson-Becker, H. (2020). Exploring the loss and disenfranchised grief of animal care workers. Death Studies, 44(1), 31-41.
Tsui, E. K., Franzosa, E., Cribbs, K. A., & Baron, S. (2019). Home care workers’ experiences of client death and disenfranchised grief. Qualitative health research, 29(3), 382-392.