Stay busy.
Stay focused on activities as best as you can.
Deal gradually with the tragedy, don't totally ignore.
Get professional help.
Talk with friends and others if you can. People can relate to what worked for them.
Some big events like loss of a spouse or a child will always effect you, you'll never be the same again. But that might make you better and stronger to help others. And you will later help people face tragedies like you did.
You never get over a tragedy. You learn to deal with it.
You didn't provide enough information. There are different forms of tragedy. They call the mother's day parade shooting in new orleans a tragedy even tho no one has died yet. Getting over that would be more like dealing with PTSD (post tramatic stress disorder) and that isn't easy either. You learn to deal with it - not get over it.
The most important thing is to keep going. You can't close yourself inside and hide the rest of your life. You may find comfort in helping others through similar situations. Join a support group.
I'm guessing you mean the loss of a love one or the death of a pet. I lost two children nine years apart and you never get over it. Only through faith in God, prayer, and family does one learn to just deal with it. Writing my feelings in a journal helped me and writing poetry about how I was feeling at that time. It's hard, there are no easy way-out, time will help as well. But you never will forget!
I threw myself into volunteering for those in need.
Depending on how tragic it is, which some things you never do get over it. You learn how to live with it. After a really hard blow you try to maintain your normal routine as much as possible. I found that becoming involved with people and work helps.
There is no one trick. It just takes time and it gets better gradually.
What worked for you???
