My grandfather's brother passed away a few days ago and I'm depressed because of it.
I like the human connection about this task, I felt that I was heard and not judged.
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Hello! How are you doing today?
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I'm doing alright, trying to stay cheerful
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That's great, especially around this time of the Holidays.
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Yeah, it is good because of the holidays.
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So, how are things in your life?
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Not to bad, just had a death in the family. Pretty bummed about it because we are a close to our extended family and can't visit one another to grieve
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I'm very sorry to hear that. Not being able to be with family when something like that happens is incredibly difficult, those are the people you want to be around the most.
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Yeah, we just had a virtual funeral for him and it was painful to watch. We couldn't console those who needed it
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I actually had a death in a family a few months ago as well, with a virtual funeral. I really empathize with the way you and your family are feeling. But you know, I tried to look at the virtual funeral as a way for so many people to pay tribute in a way they couldn't in person. People from all over ge t their chance to say goodbye.
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Yeah thats a good way to look at it, the whole family was able to get together in one place and was able participate safely. We also chatted hours afterwards. I did feel better about it
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Truly, everyone got to participate and pay tribute together. Virtually or not, you were all together.
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Affirmation and Reassurance
Yes it is, I do wish we can meet in person but COVID I do feel better though, this was the best case scenario. Got to meet everyone and say my goodbyes at least.
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That's a great way to look at it. In a year where COVID had gotten in the way of so many plans, I think it's really great to try and extract the best experience we can.
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Affirmation and Reassurance
Yeah try to stay safe together and reduce the spread of this diseases.
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Exactly, trying to be safe together to keep everyone else safe. Looking out for one another is something this year has made really important.
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Restatement or Paraphrasing
Hopefully the cases start declining, it is not doing well for peoples mental health. Just had a friend die from mental illness.
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I'm so sorry to hear that. How are you dealing with that loss?
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I'm doing alright, I feel my mental health is weakening as time goes by do to zero interaction and remote working. But staying strong and managing.
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I'm glad to hear you're doing alright. The lack of human connection and socialization this past year has definitely been very difficult.
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Yeah, thanks for the talk. I feel much better. It is good to talk things talk and get them off of your chest.
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