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When geography complicates your right to grieve collective trauma

The natural disaster happened where I grew up and I moved away decades ago but I feel responsible for not being there to help

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Physical distance from tragedy can create confusion about whether our emotional response is legitimate or self-indulgent.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Collective grief — mourning public figures and tragedies?”

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