What Does Death Positive Mean?

What does it mean to be death positive?  It means that it is NOT taboo, or morbid, to speak about death, dying and grief.

Death is 100% guaranteed, in all societies.  Everyone will die. It's a fact, and one that we cannot keep ignoring.

According to "The Order of a Good Death", here are the tenets of the death positive movement: 

1. I believe that by hiding death and dying behind closed doors we do more harm than good to our society.
2. I believe that the culture of silence around death should be broken through discussion, gatherings, art, innovation, and scholarship.
3. I believe that talking about and engaging with my inevitable death is not morbid, but displays a natural curiosity about the human condition.
4. I believe that the dead body is not dangerous, and that everyone should be empowered (should they wish to be) to be involved in care for their own dead.
5. I believe that the laws that govern death, dying and end-of-life care should ensure that a person’s wishes are honored, regardless of sexual, gender, racial or religious identity.
6. I believe that my death should be handled in a way that does not do great harm to the environment.
7. I believe that my family and friends should know my end-of-life wishes, and that I should have the necessary paperwork to back-up those wishes.
8. I believe that my open, honest advocacy around death can make a difference, and can change culture.

We can begin to make a difference in our loved ones lives, if we too, are willing to become more death positive.  Let's be the ripple effect of love and honor in death events.

What Does Death Positive Mean?