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Originally Posted by Myrto
Unless there is a cheesy platitude they can serve, therapists don't know what to say in my experience. It's not like I was expecting them to offer me some great wisdom they possessed but at the same time they advertise *as if* they possess that magical wisdom. They don't. I'm sorry about your grief. If therapists are no different than most people who don't know what to say when you talk about losing someone, what the hell are they for?
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I deal with grief a lot in my therapy, and I don’t think there are words for most of it, at least not for me anyway. But I’m not looking for words to make it better. What helps is having someone accompany me into the pit of sadness, and a companion to stare into the abyss with me.