why humans seem particularly bad at understanding devastating news, such as the death of a loved one. Why is our first reaction usually to not being able to process the information? Is it not psychologically disadvantageous to not be able to understand and respond to such news?
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But when gettng the news that someone has died, most of the time people don’t have to actually be Told. I’ve had to talk to people about a loved one’s death, in my job and in my family, and no one actually needed the word “died”. Say the name, and the rest of the message gets through.
“Mom is… ” And the listener nods and draws back or cries or reacts without finishing the sentence. When I worked hospice, and the CNA came up to me with the “Um… ” I knew one of our patients had died.
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