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When personal memorial practices become compulsive or isolating

My husband died in a car accident and it's been two years but I still cook his favorite food on his shraddha day and eat alone and I know it's probably not healthy but I can't stop.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Love expresses itself through continued care, but the line between devotion and inability to let go can blur in ways that worry those who remain.

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“Where Are You with Hindu grief practices — antyesti and shraddha?”

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