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Why fictional deaths trigger real grief responses

Every time someone dies in a movie or TV show I have a complete breakdown thinking about my mother's death from eight months ago.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Unresolved loss makes every representation of mortality a fresh wound rather than distant fiction.

Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with The death of a parent?”

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