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When honoring the dead conflicts with your wellbeing

I inherited my father's business when he died but running it is destroying my mental health and I don't know if I can honor his legacy by keeping it.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The dead can burden the living with expectations that no longer serve anyone.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Grief and relief — complex feelings after difficult deaths?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.