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Why feeling happy after loss feels like betrayal

I laugh at something funny and then feel guilty for having a moment where I forgot to be sad about losing everything.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Moments of natural joy can seem incompatible with appropriate mourning, creating guilt about normal emotional range.

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