When you try to take someone's pain away from them, you don't make it better. You just tell them it's not OK to talk about their pain.

Megan Devine
When you try to take someone's pain away from them,...
When you try to take someone's pain away from them,...
When you try to take someone's pain away from them,...
When you try to take someone's pain away from them,...
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If you try to take someone’s pain away from them, you don’t make it better. You just tell them it’s not OK to talk about their pain. If you try to protect someone from feeling pain, you are just putting them in a box that they can’t move out of. Instead, show them the way out of the box.

Let them know that their pain is OK. Then let them know that it’s normal to feel pain. Show them that it doesn’t change who they are.

It doesn’t define them. It doesn't define you. They will realize their pain isn’t stopping anyone else from being happy or leading a productive life.

And they will be able to start taking care of themselves again, which will lead to happier days for everyone involved.

Source: Its Ok That Youre Not Ok: Meeting Grief And Loss In A Culture That Doesnt Understand

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