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Why grief therapy sometimes increases emotional pain initially

I've been going to grief counseling for eight months and I think I'm getting worse instead of better because now I notice all the sadness I was avoiding.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The excavation of buried mourning can feel like regression when numbness is mistaken for healing and feeling becomes evidence of failure.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Grief groups and communities?”

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