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When comfort feels like erasure

Everyone at the funeral kept saying my mom was in a better place but I just wanted to scream that I needed her here with me instead.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Well-meaning consolations can inadvertently dismiss the rawness of missing what we've lost.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“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.