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How to Help Someone, Who Has Experienced <br/>a Significant Loss.<br/>As difficult as it may be, experts say that stepping in to help a person who is bereaved can make all the difference.<br/>Many bereaved people experience another secondary loss when friends and family run away after a loss due to their own discomfort, Sherry Cormier, Bereavement Trauma Specialist, <br/>via 'The New York Times'.<br/>If you know someone who has experienced a sudden loss, here are five things you can do to help.<br/>1, Offer to help with <br/>chores or tasks.<br/>Offering your assistance with daily chores, yard work, grocery shopping and other tasks that can fall by the wayside is a great way to help.<br/>2, Be consistent with reaching out.<br/>Prolonged grief can mean that a person needs to be checked in on regularly, especially during tricky times like anniversaries and holidays.<br/>3, Get familiar with community support resources.<br/>Those moving through grief often need help getting connected with whatever resources may be available. .<br/>4, Listen, listen, listen.<br/>What a person experiencing grief often needs <br/>more than anything is to be heard.<br/>5, Be careful with your words.<br/>Any form of minimizing how someone feels or trying to speed up their grief process should be avoided at all costs