What Not to Say to Someone Who’s Grieving

Edy Nathan
3 min readNov 8, 2022
Shhh!!” Berenice Garcia | Flickr

What did you say?!

When life’s Big Griefs strike, like the loss of a loved one, it’s rather unbelievable what comes out of the mouths of our closet allies and acquaintances. Discomfort, extreme fear around death, closeness (or the lack of closeness) can cause insensitive statements to be made.

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Edy Nathan

Author of “It’s Grief: The Dance of Self-Discovery Through Trauma and Loss” | Blogger for Psychology Today, Thrive Health | Psychotherapist | amzn.to/30vkR2W📕