....and very generally speaking, not really specific to any person or post:
(But I would like to quote this, if I may; 'cos it reminded me):
Kathryn d:
However this daughter has made such a fuss
Not knowing any details of anyone's specific relationship with friends or family; grief is such a powerful stress upon humans.
Loss through death, divorce, a child running away from home even, it's tough you know?
Nobody knows how they will react, we may be the most practical, down to earth personality and/or wear our hearts on our sleeves, but in the end you never how the old grief uppercut is gunna connect.
I have seen the biggest, most physically and mentally strong truckies deal with grief so hard, and get so angry and depressed, I have seen tiny little Nanna's be the tower of strength for families at times of loss. There can be no expectation upon how a particular person may respond to grief.
We all know the old stress rating thingo of how they score the stress of life events upon people...
Death of a family member is one of the highest ones....I have seen adults; (that run million dollar companies) lash out at medical staff and try to king hit Doctors after losses of family members, (their loved ones dying suddenly or even at an "expected" outcome that they weren't going to live..)
I have seen people go totally into shock, try walk across a main road and be totally unaware of traffic all around them..when my Dad died he owed money everywhere, I cleared his debts, not everyone reacts that way...he had made some very poor choices and choices of behaviour in his life, he was a chronic alcoholic; but I made sure he was buried with as must dignity and respect (for his life and bringing me into the world) as I could. I spoke the eulogy at his funeral; he wasn't a perfect Dad but he was loved very much,
because he was my Dad..
Not everyone thinks like that; some people come out fighting and angry-at everyone! (Including landlords I guess).
Who knows?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grief
This is just reading material, I'm not suggesting it is the psychological accurate definition of grief, life's experience of working with people dying and seeing how they react
never ever fits within our books or dictionaries.
How you and I react to stuff is not necessarily the next person's reaction/affect/perception.
One thing for sure, life is never dull.