life review
Examining one's past
Life review is a process of reflecting on one's past, examining memories and experiences to find meaning or resolution.
The term appears most often in psychology and end-of-life care, where dying patients revisit their lives to achieve closure or peace: Her life review helped her reconcile with old regrets.
The concept suggests a comprehensive mental survey rather than casual reminiscence.
- values clarificationProcess of identifying core beliefs
- personal growthIntentional self-improvement over time
- meaning-makingInterpreting life's events personally
- introspectionObserving one's own mind
- reflectionReturned light or thought
memory recall · looking back · memoir writing · afterlife · grief counseling · panoramic · unfinished business · making peace · golden years · near-death experience · reconciliation · elder care · existential crisis · memoir · autobiography · transcendence · spiritual growth · dying
- introspectionself-examination, self-reflection, self-awareness, self-analysis, introspection
- life storyautobiography, memoir, early years, childhood, memories
- midlifemidlife crisis, empty nest, empty nester, forties, fifties
- aging psychologyaging brain, late adulthood, brain aging, cognitive decline, memory decline
- near-death experiencesout-of-body, tunnel of light, white light, bright light, floating sensation
- supportive carecounseling services, comfort care, grief counseling, emotional support, support networks
life reviewfuture planning
Preparing for times ahead
goal setting · prospection · retirement planning · career planning · five-year plan
life reviewdenial
Refusal to accept reality
avoidance · self-deception · suppression · dissociation · compartmentalization