No two people will experience loss in the same way, so it is impossible to really know another person’s pain or sense of loss. Even if you have experienced the death of other people in your life, your grief may be different each time. Part of the struggle of grieving involves attending to life changes and adjusting to new roles and relationships.
Factors that may influence grief include managing other losses in your life, your relationship with the person who died, and your own resilience at the time.
If you are struggling to know what to say and how to comfort a family member, friend, colleague, or acquaintance, we have put together this short resource to give you suggestions of helpful things to say, and how to say them.