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When family estrangement creates complicated grief

My sister and I stopped speaking three years ago after our father's funeral and I dream about her constantly, but people say I should just call her like it's that simple.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Choosing to cut contact with family creates ongoing loss without death, leaving mourners trapped between protection and longing.

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