My son came out as transgender and while I am learning to support him, I am also grieving the daughter I thought I had in ways I cannot admit to anyone, even my therapist.
More people experience this than they realize.
Supporting someone's authentic emergence can require mourning your previous understanding of them in ways that feel both necessary and forbidden.
“Where Are You with Post-traumatic growth — what can grow in the soil of loss?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.