I think so , for sure. I’m doing my masters on healthcare ethics and law , so there’s a LOT of talking about death ... my lecture just today was about assisted dying !
I think we could defiantly benefit from being more open and talking about it , especially in terms of organ donation and medical research participation, talking and educating on the subject could be really beneficial to society as a whole....many simply do not think about what will happen when we die.
Also, the stigma attached to mental health (especially in males) can’t help can it ... I saw a newspaper report about some of the blokes in ‘I’m a celebrity’, a lot of them were emotional and cried and the headline was something like ‘blubfest’ and it was very belittling.
I also remember when Chelsea lost the champions league final and some of the players were crying and they got so much stick !!!! It’s not really hard to see why the suicide rate in males is so high , if they are stigmatised for expressing emotion .
Gladly though , we see more of it in recent times , The importance of talking. Rio Ferdinand for example , was talking on Thismorning about his bereavement and his main message was don’t bottle it up... hopefully we are moving in the right direction eh!