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How anticipatory grief complicates presence

My grandmother is 94 and every time I visit her I think about how this could be the last time and then I feel guilty for thinking about her dying while she's right there.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

You're so focused on future loss that you're missing the gift of current connection.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Stoic memento mori — remember you will die?”

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