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How to handle funeral obligations for family members who caused trauma

My uncle molested me as a child but he just died and my family expects me to participate in his funeral rites and I feel sick at the idea of honoring him.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Death does not erase harm, yet social expectations can force survivors to perform honor they do not feel.

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