Mariska Hargitay

And you also, I think so much of healing comes when somebody bears witness to you and says, I'm right here with you.

You don't have to say anything.

You have to be with them and invest in them and say, I'm right here with you.

And you are not alone because the biggest fear in our grief is that we're alone in it.

And will be alone forever.

And I think that's the biggest fear of being a human being.

It's like, I will be out of community.

I will be out of connection.

As human beings, we need connection.

And so...

I think that our grief and our collective grief and our trauma connects us to each other and makes it all more bearable because the fact is, so we all are carrying something.

We all have something.

But as I've talked about mine.

The load gets lighter every time.

The load gets lighter.

But I think, again, there's so much healing that comes from having somebody bear witness to you and say, whatever it is, I believe you.

I love you.

I'm just here with you.

And if we can learn to say that to ourselves, then that's the jackpot.

You're so welcome.