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How to cope with anticipatory grief while caregiving

My father had a stroke last month and went from being completely independent to needing total care, and I keep mourning the man he was while he is still alive.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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We can lose someone long before they die, grieving their absence while they remain physically present.

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