How Does the Family Narrative Influence the Individual's Ability to Communicate about Death?

8/11/2020

The attached study "examines the impact of family narratives on individual women's perspective of death".

"Although the women reported that their families had no narratives or discussions concerning death, each person developed attitudes toward death similar to those of family members".

It it interesting that families usually have rich, oral or written histories, that are passed down by generation. However, any history of death, is usually not spoken about or is limited in details.

If we all started to engage in these conversation, we could begin to normalize these situations. Lets lean into this important part of all of our lives and begin sharing our experiences and emotions with each other.