Personal Interest |
The journey to finding this topic was long and tedious but proved how God puts things in our life for a reason. In 2017 my grandfather died of cancer prompting my to dive into research about cancer treatments, signs, misconceptions, etc. This dive into my grandfathers battle changed me and how I looked at life. Before this I didn't value the gift God gave me when he gave me life. I thought for weeks about my capstone but I suddenly felt like taking my project in a new direction. For this project I looked at the grief aspect of death, and how that takes a toll mentally on those experiencing it. I collaborated and interviewed multiple people such as Jordan Murphy, Stephen Robbins, and Diane Norton, my grandmother. I wanted to gather first hand knowledge of what others felt in a time of grief and compare it to my own feelings. The second part of this project I wanted to look at was how our brains processes grief. Why grief never goes away fully and how to properly grieve because even within in my own family, I have seen people ignore grief with the help of substances. This was alarming to me and caused me great stress, so as many people would, I wanted to learn more about why we link substances with grief and how we can help prevent it. This project has changed not only how I value my loved ones and friends, but how I value both mental and physical health.