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When couples grieve differently and one partner shuts down

My partner and I lost our baby eight months ago and while I've been going to therapy and trying to process it, she's just thrown herself into work and won't talk about it — but I can see the depression settling into her like fog and I don't know how to reach her without pushing her further away.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Two people loving each other through incompatible grief responses while watching depression claim one of them.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Grief and mental health — when grief becomes depression?”

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