Beliefs

Having a belief in God or a faith in a religion may help you through bereavement but it certainly will not take away all of the pain. Indeed, having a belief may even cause complications: friends and family may assume your religion sustains you through difficult times; they may share your religion and feel that the person has gone to a better place; they may even celebrate this. But your religion cannot fill the gap in your life created by the death; it cannot take away the shock or the loneliness.