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How to mourn the future illness has taken away

My chronic condition means I will never have the family I planned and I do not know how to grieve a future that was never real.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Illness can steal not just present capacity but entire imagined futures, creating grief for losses that exist only in potential.

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“Where Are You with Acute illness and recovery?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.