Dont

• ✓    Don't shy away from the bereaved person after the funeral.
• ✓    Don’t push your faith on them.
• ✓   Don’t cross the street to avoid talking to them. What they’re going
       through is not contagious — but what you’re doing is alienating.
• ✓   Please don’t be insensitive to their pain.
• ✓   Please Don’t sensationalise the bad news and give the impression that their
       pain is your gossip.
• ✓    Please Don’t tag photos of the deceased online on Facebook, Instagram
       and whatssapp groups without the permission of grieving relative.
• ✓    We’re all busy, but Don’t wait for months to send the message “sorry to
       hear…..”
• ✓    Don’t offer unsolicited advice.
• ✓    Don’t Say Nothing.
• ✓   Don’t tell them they're grieving in the 'wrong' way
• ✓    Don’t try to minimize their loss
• ✓    Don’t provide simplistic solutions.
• ✓    Don’t Ask How they are Doing – He may be fine now but may be different
        not fine an hour ago and different in another hour.
• ✓    Don’t say That Time Heals All Wounds
• ✓   Don’t do reasoning with them about how they should or shouldn't feel.
• ✓   Don’t force the person who’s grieving to open up
• ✓   Don’t just say “if you need anything.” Actually do it.
• ✓   Don’t Tell them What to Feel
• ✓   Don’t tell them about your grief experience instead of listening to them.
• ✓    Don’t compare their grief with yours or anyone else's experience.
• ✓    Don’t suggest that it's time they 'got over it' and moved on with life.
• ✓    Don’t comment on their appearance.
• ✓    Don’t make assumptions based on their outward appearances. The
        bereaved person may look fine on the outside.
• ✓    Don’t make meaningless statements
• ✓   Don't change the subject if the deceased person naturally comes up in
       conversation.
• ✓   Don’t be afraid to talk about the deceased person but Avoid using words
        like he or she.
• ✓    Don’t describe the 'stages of grief' and suggest they're not moving
       through the stages quickly enough
• ✓   Please don’t try to put a positive spin on what the grieving person said.
• ✓   Grief is not a problem. Don’t try to fix it.