Never Be Too Polite To Speak About Death

Death is hard and talking about death can be even more difficult.

This is the problem....death will happen, to each of us, most often we just don't know when or how.

If death is guaranteed, why don't we speak about it?  First, our society has made death, dying, and grief taboo topics.   

Why?  I think because we are not familiar with it.  We're, for the most part, a death phobic society.

Does this hurt us?  Yes.  We prepare for major life events by taking the time to investigate and to get familiar with options and to talk about what may be best for the future.

Let's do the same with death.  Let's be proactive and become willing to have these difficult, yet necessary conversations.   Let's empower ourselves and our journey.  Let's be willing to not be too polite to speak about death, and to create communities where we can learn and become more comfortable to the absolute, 100% guaranteed life event that we will all experience.  

In this article, Psychologist, Corinne Sweet, states "People find death a difficult topic to discuss as it usually brings up a lot of feelings: anxiety, fear, awkwardness, sadness.  We tend to pretend, as a culture, that it's not going to happen"

"After all, the biggest benefit of talking about death is that it reminds us to appreciate life. Corinne says, Reminding ourselves that time is finite can actually help us squeeze the pips out of life. It can make every day, every sunset, every good conversation so much more enriching.”

“As a nation, we need to start embracing these conversations and promote a positive change in how we perceive and talk about this subject. We don’t expect to see change overnight, but it’s time to take action, be brave and talk about death.”

Never Be Too Polite To Talk About Death