Dream about dead family member coming back to life

Seeing a damaged body is inevitably distressing, but in the research was often not regretted.

However, within a family there will be different attitudes some bereaved relatives may want to view, but others will not, and some will find viewing helpful, but others may find it distressing.

Many people bereaved by a sudden and traumatic death think it is important to see the body of their loved one.

Research by Oxford University published in the British Medical Journal interviewed people suddenly bereaved about their experience of viewing or not viewing the body of their loved one. Arguably this is something that may be felt more often in cases of sudden death, due to the unexpected and unanticipated nature of the death, and therefore the feeling of unreality often associated with it. It can result in feelings of regret at not seeing the reality of the death with вЂњmy own eyesвЂќ. The decision not to view a body is also a big decision. However, the feelings that result from that memory may change over time. This can be a memory viewed positively or negatively, or both. It results in a suddenly bereaved person experiencing something that usually creates a strong memory, central to the experience of the bereavement. The decision to view the body of a loved one is a big decision. There are often many people who were close to the person who died, including children, who may wish to consider seeing the body at this stage, and who did not see the body at the time of the death. Seeing a body laterДЄfter a sudden death there are usually opportunities to see the body in a more formal and usually much calmer setting, such as when it is laid out in a mortuary or funeral parlour. In the case of violent disasters, it is often a chaotic, fast moving experience. There will be no ability to prepare for the situation they find themselves in. There will be no control at this early stage over whether or not they see any visible injuries or physical damage to their dead loved oneвЂ™s body.

The bereaved personвЂ™s experience of seeing their loved oneвЂ™s body at this time will be different to seeing their loved oneвЂ™s body later. Often suddenly bereaved people at this time will resist strongly any attempt by professionals or other carers to keep them away from their loved oneвЂ™s body. In other words, the bereaved person still felt their dead loved one had a вЂњsocial identityвЂќ and needed nurturing. They did not want the dead person to be alone and they wanted the dead person to be with someone who loves them. When recounting this experience later to researchers of sudden bereavement, suddenly bereaved people who witnessed a death or arrived at the scene shortly afterwards said they had an overwhelming desire to be beside the dead person to hug and touch them and comfort them.

For example, someone discovers a loved oneвЂ™s suicide, or is alerted by someone else to the death of a loved one nearby that has only just happened. Other people arrive at the scene of the death just after that death. For example, people who witness the death of someone close to them in a road crash or a drowning or a sudden medically-caused death. SomeВ people who are suddenly bereaved have no choice over whether they ever see the body or not, because they see the body at a very early stage due to circumstance.

Note: This guidance is general only, and may be affected by COVID-19 rules at the time, prohibiting people from viewing a body.

Dream about dead family member coming back to life