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When people say you should be over your grief by now

My best friend died in a car accident six months ago and everyone keeps telling me I should be 'getting back to normal' but I still cry every day and feel like I'm failing at grief.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The arbitrary timelines others impose on grief become another source of suffering when loss has fundamentally changed who you are.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

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