Avoiding Toxic Positivity in Grief
Ricky Guadarrama
The death of a loved one is a significant, emotional event. No matter how much someone might try to prepare for it, it still hits people hard. Death is a reality for us all, yet being able to process the death of a loved one is difficult. Though some close friends or family members mean well, their efforts to cheer a grieving person can at times cause more harm than good. It’s okay to be unsure of how to support a grieving friend, because nothing truly prepares us to deal with death and loss. There are times when we wish we could take the pain away from our grieving loved...
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