
164 brilliant stress management
Expressing your feelings
Someone who will listen can be a big comfort to many of us, but
you may not nd talking about your loss comfortable. Instead,
you may prefer to write your thoughts down. Sometimes a letter
to the person you have lost can help and, sometimes, just writing
a few words about them. One of the reasons many cultures
include a description of the departed in their rites is because
formulating it can help us to grieve.
Expressing your faith
If you have a faith, you may nd that its rituals or your relation-
ship with your god are a source of comfort that help you to cope.
Prayer can be a good way of ...