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When grief support groups become performative about stages

Our grief group has been meeting for six months and I'm starting to realize we all just recite Kübler-Ross language to each other instead of saying what's really happening. My best friend in the group and I want to call this out but we're scared of disrupting something that's helping other people.

Mira
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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The very frameworks meant to normalize grief can become masks that prevent authentic connection.

Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with The stages of grief — examined and critiqued?”

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