Supporting Someone Through a Major Loss: Essential Tips 🤝

How to Help Someone, Who Has Experienced <br />a Significant Loss.<br />As difficult as it may be, experts say that stepping in to help a person who is bereaved can make all the difference.<br />Many bereaved people experience another secondary loss when friends and family run away after a loss due to their own discomfort, Sherry Cormier, Bereavement Trauma Specialist, <br />via 'The New York Times'.<br />If you know someone who has experienced a sudden loss, here are five things you can do to help.<br />1, Offer to help with <br />chores or tasks.<br />Offering your assistance with daily chores, yard work, grocery shopping and other tasks that can fall by the wayside is a great way to help.<br />2, Be consistent with reaching out.<br />Prolonged grief can mean that a person needs to be checked in on regularly, especially during tricky times like anniversaries and holidays.<br />3, Get familiar with community support resources.<br />Those moving through grief often need help getting connected with whatever resources may be available. .<br />4, Listen, listen, listen.<br />What a person experiencing grief often needs <br />more than anything is to be heard.<br />5, Be careful with your words.<br />Any form of minimizing how someone feels or trying to speed up their grief process should be avoided at all costs