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When relief and loss create emotional conflict

My family thinks I should be grateful my father is no longer suffering but I am angry that he died and I do not know how to reconcile these feelings

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Complex grief responses that include relief alongside devastation challenge simple narratives about how mourning should feel.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

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

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