Jack Osbourne could have “no escape” from scrutiny within the I am A Superstar…Get Me Out Of Right here camp as he continues to mourn the demise of his father Ozzy Osbourne in July this yr. The legendary rocker died at dwelling in Buckinghamshire on July 22, simply 4 months in the past. Jack has mentioned mum, Sharon, and sister, Kelly, have given him their full help to be part of the present and he admitted they’ve instructed him they hope it is going to take his thoughts off issues.
Nevertheless grief counsellor Diana Parkinson has questioned if he’ll “actually profit” from his look saying it isn’t essentially a “momentary escape” from his grief. “Maybe ‘performing’ on a tv present may provide him a distraction from his grief — a form of momentary escape. Or maybe it gained’t. His ache may make for compelling tv, and the programme makers could profit from that, however will Jack himself actually profit?” she queried.
“Getting into I’m a Superstar… Get Me Out of Right here! is fairly like stepping right into a goldfish bowl — uncovered on all sides, with no escape from public scrutiny,” she continued.
“Everybody experiences grief in a different way, in fact. However Jack, having grown up with well-known mother and father, is not any stranger to being watched.
“Grief counselling normally takes place in a personal, protected area — away from the general public gaze — exactly as a result of the bereaved want room to precise and discover the tumult of loss.
“Tv, against this, will be intrusive. The fixed strain to remark and seem composed can deepen the ache, and will intensify emotions of guilt or anger — feelings which are regular, however greatest labored by way of in non-public,” she defined.
Nevertheless she conceded that he could profit from the present saying: “The jungle may present Jack with some sense of connection — surrounded by individuals who knew and admired his father, maybe it may really feel, indirectly, as if his dad remains to be current.
“Solely when Jack leaves the Jungle will he know whether or not it was the precise resolution. Hopefully, the expertise will show to be cathartic. In time, little question, he’ll share what it meant for him.”
Requested if it is perhaps too quickly for him to undertake such an enormous dedication she mentioned: “There isn’t a excellent time-frame for grief, we do miss these we’ve beloved, however the ache ought to regularly lower.
“If these left behind wrestle with sleep, both an excessive amount of or too little) are tearful most days, not consuming correctly, withdrawn, or in any other case not functioning correctly you will need to search assist, discuss to your GP/Counsellor. Steadily the ache does scale back.”
Diana Parkinson is a psychotherapist, household therpaist and grief counsellor based mostly in Hertfordshire who established her apply in 1990.
