How to accompany in the duel

The death of a loved one is a difficult and hard time for most of us. For a while, its absence affects different areas of our life: it is what we call the process or time of mourning. In this article from .com we want to give you advice on how to accompany people who have suffered a loss . In this article you will find different tips and recommendations that can help you better understand how the people you accompany and their reactions feel.

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There are few rules and regulations to help others at this time; simply being next to who needs us and authentically, being ourselves, is the most appropriate.

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More than talking, it is necessary to open the doors to communication, to listen. People who have suffered the loss of a loved one need more to be heard than to listen to words of consolation.

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Avoid banalities such as "you have to be strong" or "you have to keep going". Sometimes a look and a hug is better than empty words without feeling.

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It is not necessary to say too many things, sometimes with a "I'm sorry" is enough, our simple presence is the best help.

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We have to facilitate the expression of feelings: when the person cries or externalizes their emotions, it is enough that we are at their side, simply accompanying them without interrupting them.

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It is necessary to accompany in the duel that we are warm, close and compassionate, offering the appropriate physical contact, without being imbasive, and also leaving spaces of solitude.

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During the days and weeks following the funeral of the loved one we must make a call or a visit without disturbing, chatting a bit and comforting the person, it is important to show interest, how are you? How are you doing?

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It is very important to accompany in the duel not only the day of the funeral, but days later we must extend our hand to help the person who is low moral, do some management or anything you may need.

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Other tips that we have to take into account at a funeral are the following:

• How to write words of condolence.
• How to make a condolence card

• Accompanying the duel does not mean telling the person who has lost the loved one what to do, nor asking him to take the initiative, or of course disappear and not support it.