Did you read my experience? Yes it does. You see them at peace. You don’t think of it as a “lifeless body”. You see the person you love. You see that last chance to touch their hand or kiss their cheek. Or just to quietly say good bye.
When my bil died, he had been battling addiction for a long time. Seeing him at peace that one last time, let us see, in our minds, that smiling, fun loving, caring individual that we had all missed for so long.
For each person you lose, it’s different and different reasons why it may help. For some, the chance for closure may have come at death or even before but for those that didn’t it does help.