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When dying people don't care about their own memorial plans

I'm dying and my family keeps planning my memorial service with me and asking what I want but honestly I don't care what happens after I'm dead and that seems to upset them.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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The living often need ritual and meaning-making more than the dying, creating a disconnect about what matters in final preparations.

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