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Two things to avoid when trying to console a grieving person: advice from a psychologist – UNIAN
A psychologist explained why some phrases need to be forgotten when you are trying to calm someone who has lost a loved one.
Everyone experiences grief differently, so you never know how you can comfort someone. There is nothing more heartbreaking than watching someone grieve over the death of a loved one.
In moments like these, words are all we can offer. But your choice of words matters more than you think, writes Ph.D. and psychologist Mark Travers in Forbes. He suggested two phrases to avoid when trying to comfort someone:
“He/she is in a better place now.”
When we see someone grieving, we often hear banal phrases such as “Time heals all wounds”, “Everything happens for a reason…
