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When siblings disagree on helping a depressed grieving parent

My sister and I have been taking turns checking on our mom since Dad died, but what started as normal grief has become this deep depression where she barely gets out of bed, and we're fighting about whether to push for more intervention or just keep being patient — meanwhile we're both getting pulled down into our own darkness.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Two people drowning together while trying to save someone else, disagreeing on what rescue looks like.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

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

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