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Why Spiritual Platitudes Can Feel Harmful During Grief

I had a miscarriage last month and people keep telling me everything happens for a reason and it is making me angrier instead of comforted.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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Well-intended comfort can become additional suffering when it dismisses rather than honors the reality of loss.

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