19 Stupid Things to Say to a Grieving Person:


This will pass. Time will heal all wounds.


This will make you stronger.


This happened to you for a reason. You were chosen for this.


Your loved one is in a better place; you should be happy.


You're being selfish to be so sad.


Focus on helping other people.


God wants you to be happy. Not being happy is a sin and an insult to God.


You have a lot to be grateful for.


Think of other people in the world who have it worse.


You should just stop feeling so much.


I knew someone who went through the same thing, and they dealt with it so much better.


You need to move on. Find something else to do with your time other than grieve.


God would never give you more than you can handle.


You're just not trying hard enough to feel better.


You need to pray for forgiveness because you must have done something wrong.


You should sue someone because there has to be someone at fault in this.


Bad stuff happens everywhere. Did you think you were special?


Give your pain to God and He will take it so you don't have to feel it anymore.


You will look back on all of this and be glad that it happened someday.


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Published on July 11, 2013 14:58
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Samm The best advice I got was something to this effect: One day you'll wake up and it won't hurt so much. You'll never forget them or the pain you have, you just have to give yourself time to heal. Sometimes it's the little things, the monotonous things, like folding laundry, that get you through the day and that is what gives you time to heal: just getting to the end of each day. And one day, after days, weeks, months or even years from now, you'll wake up and not have to force yourself to do the little things.


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