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How to grieve someone who is physically present but mentally absent

My husband has dementia and sometimes he doesn't recognize me and I feel like I'm mourning someone who's still alive and breathing next to me.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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Ambiguous loss creates a grief without clear boundaries or social recognition.

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