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When you feel relief after someone dies

My mom died suddenly last week and I keep having this horrible thought that I'm relieved because now I don't have to visit the nursing home anymore.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Grief often includes forbidden emotions that shame cannot dissolve but acknowledgment might transform.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Death and dying — the physical process?”

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