Thank you for trying to help me during my grief. I need to let you know some things you do and say that can make my grief harder for me:
- When you tell me to be strong in my grief and stop crying, I worry that my grief makes me look weak to others. The truth is that it takes courage to face the reality of loss and to express my emotions in healthy, appropriate and constructive ways.
- When you tell me that I need to get busy and get my mind off my loss, you make me feel like grief is something bad to be avoided. The truth is I need to process the loss in healthy ways and move toward healing.
- When you tell me to quit talking about my grief because no one wants to hear about it, I become reluctant to share my thoughts or…
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