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When the mind refuses to accept someone is really gone

I keep seeing my dead sister in crowds and for a split second I forget she is gone, and then remembering feels like losing her all over again.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The brain's pattern recognition can create moments of false hope that make the reality of loss freshly painful each time.

Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with The gift of mortality — what loss teaches about being alive?”

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