Grief Talk, Indonesia’s first support group for those who are grieving the loss of their loved ones, has been extending its reach since being set up in 2020.
JAKARTA: The online meeting was attended by more than two dozen people, ready to speak about the shock of losing someone dear to them and the pain they endured after the passing of their loved ones.
Grief Talk founder Nirasha Darusman, the host and a constant face in the dozens of online sessions staged by the Indonesian support group, listened to every story attentively. “The world was closing. People died. That was when the desire to help others reemerged,” Darusman told CNA, adding that the idea to establish an Indonesia-based support group for those who were grieving started a few years before in 2018.
But Darusman did not have a chance to properly mourn her losses. She felt that she did not have anyone who understood what she was going through. Instead, she felt that the people around her constantly urged her to tough it out, let her loved ones go and move on.Grief Talk fonder, Nirasha Darusman started the support group during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.
But support groups were few and far between in Indonesia. None was specifically dedicated to people who had lost their loved ones. Jihan Alfarel remembered feeling heartbroken when she lost her father to COVID-19 in 2021. Five years before, the 24-year-old lost her mother after a battle with breast cancer.
Sarah Aurelia said she only participated as a listener when she attended her first Grief Talk session in 2021. The 23-year-old felt that her loss was nothing compared to those who had lost their spouses or children. She lost her grandfather who died at the age of 81 and his passing happened years ago.
“Through Grief Talk, I realised that it is okay to grieve even seven years after he passed. It provided me with the comfort and validation that what I am experiencing is not wrong.”
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