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Helping Others Cope With Grief
It’s part of life. Someone special died today. Someone’s father or mother, husband or wife, son or daughter. A family, a lifetime of memories and a lot of pain are left behind. And, for the survivors, the pain is just beginning. Working through that pain and sadness is often a long and grueling process called mourning.
Almost everyone worries about what to say to the survivors. You don’t want to hurt their feelings or upset them. But more important than knowing what to say is knowing how to listen. You cannot take away the pain that friends or co-workers are suffering from the loss of a loved one, but you can listen to their stories. Storytelling is a very common and effective way for the grieving person to keep the memory of a loved one alive. The biggest fear for someone in mourning is that those around them will forget the loved one now that they are gone. Read more…
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