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Today I hopped onto CNN and came across this article about coping with grief. The biggest revelation that came about was people use the Internet now to talk about the death of loved ones.

Now at first that may seem absurd. However when you get to the root cause of it, it actually makes sense. The article goes on to explain that part of the healing and grieving process is actually to tell the story over and over again. It helps the reality sink faster than never talking about it at all.

And by keeping emotions bottled up inside, all you do for yourself in the end is cause more stress and this can all affect your mental ability and clarity. Who needs more stress than what we are already exposed to on a daily basis?

Online allows you to connect with other people at a much faster pace as well. I mean think about it. If all talk about the same story over and over again with someone then at some point they will quit listening. I’ll say this now so I’m not inflamed but I haven’t lost anyone close to me in a long time.

But there is one thing about human nature – after a while it will start to get old. So the four websites the CNN article talked about are here. These are great resources for someone to connect to other people who recently lost someone. And talk about it. This does not negate the place of a professional counselor by any means. But these outlets can be a reasonable alternative if counseling is not an option for you at the moment.

Gratefulness.Org

The National Organization of Murdered Parents for Children

The Compassionate Friends

Crisis, Grief and Healing

What is an effective way that you found when it came to the healing process?

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