Abstract · When the existence of an individual is reduced to dust and ashes, the essencefades away, the soul fades away. Death turns into a scary night shadow taking away everything that is important to us. Days are followed by nights just as life is followed by death. The rhythm of life and death, high tide and low tide, beginning and ending is omnipresent. Modern-day men and women have nowhere to escape from their life already destined for death, so they had better come to terms with death as, without death, nothing has any value. The diamonds placed on our path shine the most beautifully in front of a dark background. Near-death experiences, dreams of the dead and accounts of these experiences help us understand that death is the beginning.

To die: - to sleep: No more;
and, by a sleep to say we end
The heart-ache and the thousand natural shocks
That flesh is heir to, ’tis a consummation
Devoutly to be wished.

Abstract · In our study, through a case study we provide a practical review of how the life and wellbeing of men are influenced by the terminal condition and care of a family member. We review actual areas in need of change, with a perspective to reconsider traditional gender standards. On the basis of a literature selection we try to give an idea of the typical changes in men’s mental states, furthermore we also make an attempt to present the psychological characteristics of people having their own gender role expectations, when facing a mourning process.

Abstract · The purpose of this study is to provide a short presentation of haptonomy. Haptonomy contributes to the recovery or development of the patient through the establishment of a special contact, involving for example touch. Beside its application in psychotherapy and personal development, haptonomy can be an effective tool in the treatment of physical pain not only in psychotherapeutic treatments but in any kind of supportive therapies, therefore also in palliative care.