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When grief feels frozen and you cannot take the next step

It has been eight months since my mom died and I still cannot bring myself to clean out her closet, even though my dad keeps asking me to help him

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The preservation of space becomes a way to avoid the finality that sorting through belongings would make real.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Grief and mental health — when grief becomes depression?”

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