My sister and I can't agree on how to handle our brother's belongings and we keep having the same awful fight where she wants to keep everything exactly as it was and I need to let some things go but neither of us can say what we're really afraid of losing.
More people experience this than they realize.
Two people are using objects to negotiate different relationships to memory and letting go, while the deeper grief remains unspoken between them.
“Where Are You with Suicide loss — the particular grief?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.