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When a child's death brings forbidden relief

I'm relieved my chronically ill child died because watching her suffer was destroying our whole family, but I can't say that to anyone.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The most unspeakable grief is sometimes gratitude for the end of unbearable watching.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

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

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