My partner and I both lost siblings young and we thought that shared experience would help us understand each other's grief, but instead we keep stepping on each other's pain in ways that feel worse because we should know better.
More people experience this than they realize.
Shared trauma can create expectations for understanding that become another source of hurt when unmet.
“Where Are You with The death of a sibling?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.