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When you don't want to mourn an abusive parent

My mother died and I don't want to say kaddish because she was abusive and I feel like everyone expects me to suddenly forgive her because she's dead.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Death doesn't automatically transform complicated relationships into simple grief.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Jewish mourning — shiva shloshim yahrzeit?”

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