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Sachmo hit the nail on the head ... just get it out there! I wouldn't even restrict it to talking to someone. Write it down, type it up, do whatever, even if you never send it to anyone. Just get your feelings out somehow.
I'm "fortunate" that only one person close to me has died, my grandfather. However, there have been plenty of other situations in my life where I just needed to release, including when I witnessed the end of an accident and was the first on the scene when three kids drove under a semi at 80 mph last summer. One of the things that helped me was to collect my thoughts and write an email to friends and family that night, which I subsequently turned into a story I posted on the previous FOFC board. Sharing your thoughts with people close to you, or even people you've never met, can help you get through these times.
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