Hazards of talking about a ‘better place’

In the past week where teen suicides and youth mental health entered the public sphere again, the use of language by religious and ordinary citizens surrounding any type of death is baffling me.

I always thought the idea of a deceased loved one going to a ‘better place’ was a comforting thought for grieving family members, but couldn’t it also be a dangerous glamourisation of death in any form?

When an elderly individual dies of natural causes in their sickbed, this message of an eternal and most glorious afterlife at a funeral can be a soothing thought, but for me the same language, although always comforting, can have a negative effect on surviving family members and friends of a suicide victim.