How do you help the bereaved to separate emotionally from the deceased?

Answer:
  • Grieving is a personal journey when someone loses someone they loved and were close too and there is no set time for the ending of grief. No one has the right to separate the grieving person emotionally from their loved one and it would be a good idea to look the grieving process up on the Internet and learn correctly how to deal with the griever. The person grieving will in time get over the intense grief, but grief does not totally go away, but life will get better for them in time. Be a good listener and let them lean on you and if they choose to remember the deceased; look at photo albums with the deceased pictures in that album and they cry, let them. Crying is good for the soul and it releases tension in mind; body and soul. Approximately in 2 - 3 months you could help this person find a grief counseling service (most programs are free.) This will put the person in touch with others going through the same type of grief and making them feel less alone.
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