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When you feel relief after a difficult parent's death

My father died three weeks ago after years of alcoholism and I keep feeling relieved instead of sad, which makes me feel like a terrible person.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The heart holds contradictory truths about love and suffering that cannot be reconciled through guilt.

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“Where Are You with Grief and relief — complex feelings after difficult deaths?”

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