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When grief doesn't follow anyone else's timeline

It's been three years since my daughter died and people have stopped asking how I'm doing, but the grief feels just as sharp and I'm starting to wonder if there's something wrong with me.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Society's discomfort with prolonged mourning can make the bereaved feel exiled from both the living and their own natural process.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Grief as spiritual practice?”

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