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Why is it so important to connect with others when you’re grieving the loss of a loved one? If you’ve grieved this kind of loss in the past, what kind of support was most helpful to you? If you’re currently grieving this kind of loss, who specifically can you reach out to for support?
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Just the presence of others and their non judging listening. Not trying to fix me was important
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People who have gone through a loss can give you empathy and sympathy. I have lost my dad and have helped others in the past. I let them know that there is life out there. I let them know that I will walk them through. I look up support groups nearby for them and encourage them to attend.
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I find myself grieving because my husband has been ill for 10 years. Sometimes I feel lost and lonely We can not go anywhere due to his condition. I am angry and mad at God for not doing anything to help. I now see I need a support group. Someone who is or has gone through the same thing. Pray for me.
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Because it is really easy to feel completely alone when you are grieving. When I was grieving over the loss of my grandmother whom I was very close to, my support system was my journal and my therapist at the time. I was not Christian and most of my friends had their own problems to deal with. Thankfully my therapist made sure I was seeing her twice a week until I was feeling more stable about the situation.
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It’s important so that you know that you’re not alone – where you experience God’s comfort through people, to inspire hope in and beyond the grief. There is freedom to grieve when empathy is present.
I have been blessed to have such strong people of faith to be there for me. My challenge, as the instructor noted, is to actually reach out to them and allow myself to be vulnerable with my hurt…
