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When Grief Doesn't Look Like You Expected

My father is dying and we have never been close but everyone expects me to be devastated and I mostly feel numb and guilty about not feeling more.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The heart navigates complex loss when societal expectations of mourning do not match internal emotional reality.

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