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When someone dies from mental illness you couldn't control

My sister died of anorexia and I keep wondering if I should have forced her into treatment earlier, even though she was an adult who refused help.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The illusion of control over another's suffering becomes a particular form of self-torture after death.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Grief and relief — complex feelings after difficult deaths?”

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