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When humor becomes avoidance of necessary grief

My mom is dying and I spent our last good conversation making her laugh about her terrible hospital gown instead of saying goodbye properly.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The instinct to protect others from painful truth through levity can rob both parties of meaningful closure and genuine intimacy.

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