I volunteered at hospice thinking it would help me process my own father's death, but instead I'm just collecting more losses and I don't know if this is healing or self-punishment.
More people experience this than they realize.
Serving the dying can become either a path to meaning-making or a compulsive re-enactment of unresolved loss.
“Where Are You with Grief as spiritual practice?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.