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When meaning-making feels like betrayal of senseless loss

My grief group talks about finding meaning in loss but six months after my son died I still think his death was completely pointless and I'm tired of pretending otherwise.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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The pressure to transform tragedy into wisdom can violate the truth that some deaths serve no purpose beyond breaking hearts.

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