Dear List,
Has anybody had experience, either personal or professional, of family
interaction arising at times of significant loss.
What I am interested in is how families interact at times of significant
loss. In particular when families have become estranged through 2nd
marriages, moving away from each other geographically and so on... and then
coming together when a pivotal family member dies.
What occurs? or is likely to occur? Do families fall back into the positions
they occupied within the family before they moved away or does something else
occur? Do old resentments arise. What occurs when a family member has
changed significantly and refuses to occupy its old family position and
therefore function, such as, 'The carer' or 'the black sheep' or the
'scapegoat' or do all these roles get
re-enacted whenever a family meets, i.e. at xmas, anniversaries, wedding,
etc. or is loss different?
look forward to your comments
Diana
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