Good article on the grief we can experience when we hear of others pain and grief or tragedies. As grief counselors, one can experience great empathy and relate to others pain and loss. How we process it and deal with it is part of the price we take as listeners. Please also review our Grief Counseling Certification
The article, Hearing someone else’s tragedy carries own grief, by Ted Wiard states,
“Healing and connection happen with the willingness to share thoughts and emotions. If this could safely happen more often, my guess is there would be less isolating and fearful feelings that lead to wedges within our society, rather than unification.”
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