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Help, I Said the Wrong Thing!

2025/5/27
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This chapter explores the challenges of offering comfort to someone who has experienced the loss of an infant. It uses a listener's experience to illustrate the complexities of navigating grief and the potential for well-intentioned words to cause further pain. The listener's attempt to console her friend backfired, highlighting the difficulty of finding the right words in such a sensitive situation.
  • The listener, struggling with Rejection Sensitivity Disorder, tried to offer comfort to a friend who lost an infant.
  • Her well-intentioned message caused more pain and resulted in the friend needing space.
  • The episode emphasizes that there is no perfect thing to say in the face of unthinkable loss, and sometimes the best approach is simply to offer support and presence.

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Breaking news: humans make mistakes. This is not a bad thing! Our mistakes are how we learn and grow, and we have to get comfy with accepting that mistakes are an uncomfortable part of the human experience. 

But what happens when we say the wrong thing at the wrong time to someone that we love during the worst time of their life? And what happens when they can’t forgive you right away? What happens when your best try just… doesn’t land?

This listener reached out because they tried to comfort a friend whose child had just died and it…did not go well. .

If you’ve ever made a mistake and wanted to slam your head into the wall because of it – or maybe were on the receiving end of a mistake? – this episode is for you.

Call or text me with your mistake at 612.568.441.

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