Examples
For example, someone who might fit a common Western/Occidental notion of emotional security is someone for whom the death of a relative or friend:
- initiates a healthy amount of sadness combined with
- thankfulness for the deceased's having been able to experience the joy of existence (especially if he or she lived a long and/or fulfilling life),
- hope that the deceased person has gone to a 'better place' (if such hope would be religiously appropriate - see afterlife), and
- renewed dedication to make the most of one's own remaining time (see carpe diem) and
- take better care of one's health.
On the other hand, someone who might be said to display a degree of attachment to the deceased person that does not coincide with common-sense notions of emotional security is:
- Someone for whom such a death initiated an unendurable amount of grief, leading him or her to
- lose commitment to his or her own projects, and
- mourning-behavior extending well beyond natural or culturally accepted mourning periods.
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