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How to cope when others find religious meaning in your tragedy

My brother died suddenly and everyone keeps saying it was God's plan and I want to scream that it was just a random terrible thing.

Juana
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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Personal loss becomes additionally painful when others' meaning-making systems feel dismissive of genuine suffering.

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