![]() ![]() See It From Their Point of View: While it’s impossible to know exactly how another person is feeling, trying to see things from their point of view can help you understand why they are acting a certain way.Although their anger might be directed towards you, it is not by any fault of your own. When the anger is directed at you, it’s difficult not to take it personally and wonder, what did I do wrong? It’s important to remember that the dying person is not angry at you, but at the illness and their situation in general. Don’t Take it Personally: Angry people sometimes look for someone to blame. ![]() Empowering a dying person to make their own decisions, express their feelings, and remain as independent as possible is an important way to help them move through their anger. A dying person typically wants to remain in control of themselves, their life, and their decisions for as long as possible. ![]() It is frustrating and humiliating enough to lose your independence and privacy without being treated like a child. You may have fallen into this pattern without even realizing it, and you will likely see anger directed at you for doing so. Treating a dying adult as you would a child is likely to backfire and increase the anger a dying person is already feeling. When you fall into this pattern, what was once an adult-adult relationship becomes one of adult-child.
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