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Scenario

How to support someone grieving a person who isn't dead

My dad has dementia and my mom is grieving him while he's still alive, but she won't admit it because she feels guilty having those feelings.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Anticipatory grief carries the additional burden of shame for mourning someone who still breathes.

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