Faced with the five-letter world
Death. It holds so much power, so much uncertainty, yet so much peace all at once. We spend so much time preparing for things such as exams and find solutions to problems of meeting our human needs such as hunger and shelter, but death is hardly ever taken into consideration. Death is as much a part of life as anything else and needs just as much if not more preparation and time spent on it, creating solutions. Imagine, if you familiarized yourself and prepared for death as you did for the material on that test. Wouldn't you feel a little more at ease? It'd be another problem tackled, and a big one at that! No matter how big a part of life death is, it still always comes as a shock when someone dies. Knowing what to expect when experiencing the loss of another person, can lessen that, "I'm holding on by a thread" feeling. Yeah, you know the one.
The physiological change that happens to us when experiencing grief is both interesting and very frustrating. Our nervous system kicks into high gear, weakening our immune system and leading sometimes to imbalances of the chemicals in our body. Imbalances lead to bigger issues involving mental and physical health.
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