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When parent's death triggers existential paralysis

My mother's death six months ago has made me completely unable to make any major life decisions because I keep thinking about how temporary everything is.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Confronting mortality through loss can freeze the capacity for future-oriented thinking.

Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with The death of a parent?”

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