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__Sudden Death __ __ Introduction __ Imagine someone you really care about in your life just totally vanish from existence on a normal day. Let’s say that they were really important to you like they were your best friend, parent, or sibling. You feel alone or that your world has ended into a smoldering pile of ashes. Every time you think of this person tears stroll down from your eyes like the rainfall wondering why did this happen. This is the very hard experience that everyone deals with when sudden death takes the innocent life of a loved one. We constantly hear the crazy freak accidents and tragic deaths of many people on the news, but its different when you have someone very close to you in your life pass away; especially if you’re loved one passed away as you were a teen. When you’re a teen you have the constant stress of school, social life, and future career planning. When all that’s going on a death of a loved one can drastically alter the life of the teen.

__Causes __ In an everyday life of any teen the last thing on their minds is death. Most people don’t realize how easily someone could die and when it actually happens most people are left with shock and mixed emotions (Lynn). Most of the causes of sudden deaths are violence, accidents, natural disasters, suicide, and chronic illnesses (Lynn).

__ Violence __ When the death of a loved one happens from violence, most survivors experience feelings of shock, grief, fear, frustration, helplessness and rage (Lynn). The person may feel fear because they start to wonder that if this happened it to their loved one than this could also happen to others, or to themselves (Lynn). Frustration often occurs to those who encounter sudden death. This happens because you could feel the anger upon that person who has inflicted this death upon your family (Lynn). Usually people think of revenge to that person who has inflicted the death upon your loved one (Lynn).

__ Accidents __ As sudden deaths occur out of accidents, the survivors are usually left angry, confused, and treated unfair (Lynn). Anger strikes the survivor because this was all an accident and they will look for legal action to pay for who ever is responsible (Lynn). The state of being unfair usually is felt by the survivors because of the state of death being an accident and not anyone’s actual fault. __ Natural Disasters __ When death from a natural disaster occurs most are left feeling unprotected because they might have lost there shelter (Lynn).

__ Suicide __ Death caused by suicide is the most painful kinds of deaths. The survivors are left with feeling sad because that person shunned their family and friends (Lynn). You may also feel angry toward the person who has died because they didn’t show any signs or characteristics of depression (Lynn). Some people may feel guilty for not have noticing there signs.

__ Chronic Illness __ When someone you love passes away due to a chronic illness, their death is still shocking. This is true because you feel like you have been cheated from not spending enough time with that person (Lynn). Their death may also feel sudden because you may have seen them recently and they looked perfectly fine or stable (Lynn). __ Solutions __ Keeping your feelings inside about a recent death is unhealthy especially for kids and teens. They could wake up in the middle of the night having nightmares (Harriet). The teen could also become often tired, not being able to eat, or develop emotional outburst (Harriet).

. Talk about this dead person daily to become comfortable with actual death (Harriet).

. Try drawing the sketch on how you feel (Harriet).

. Go visit the grave of the person who passed away (Harriet).

. Try writing a letter to get all of your feelings out (Harriet).

. Look for a counselor if you need more help (Harriet).

. Give the topic of the death some time and some teens may not help with the grieving process and will eventually forget over time (Harriet).

__Links __

. If you’re a teen looking for help with grieving, than check out this site. [|www.kidshealth.org/teen/your_mind/emotions/someone_died.html#]

. Looking for reasons or causes behind someone’s death? Than you can check out this site. [|www.poptop.hypermart.net/dudden.html]

. Need help coping with the loss of a parent? Stop by this site for more info. [|www.livestrong.com/article/13851-death-of-a-parent/]

. Be aware of suicide and detect it before it’s too late. [|www.mayoclinic.com/health/suicide/mh0048]

. Need help recovering from a death, than check out this site. [|www.recover-from-grief.com/7-stages-of-grief.html]

__Work Cited __  “Grief and guilt”. // Magill's Medical Guide, 4th Rev. ed //,. 01 Dec 2008. //eLibrary //. Web. 04 Feb 2010. Harriet, Sydney. "The Grieving Child." //Pediatrics for Parents.// (July-August 1993): p10(2). //Student Resource Center - Gold//. Gale. 4 Feb. 2010. Lynn, Joanne, and Joan Harrold. "Dealing with Sudden Death." //Contemporary Issues Companion: Coping with Death//. Ed. Shasta Gaughen. San Diego: Greenhaven Press, 2003. //Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center//. Gale. 4 Feb. 2010.