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When grief comparison creates additional pain

I am jealous of people whose parents died of cancer because at least they got to say goodbye, while my dad just had a heart attack at fifty-nine.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The mind seeks meaning by ranking losses, but comparison rarely brings comfort.

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“Where Are You with How grief changes over years and decades?”

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