My partner and I lost our daughter three weeks ago and we're moving through the house like ghosts who can't see each other — I want to talk about her constantly and he goes silent whenever I bring her up. We used to be a team through everything but grief has made us strangers and I don't know how to reach him without making it worse.
More people experience this than they realize.
Two people who love each other are discovering that their grief languages are incompatible, creating isolation exactly when they most need connection.
“Where Are You with Death of a loved one — the immediate experience?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.