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When couples grieve differently and grow apart

My husband and I are both grieving the loss of our son but we're doing it in completely opposite ways and I feel like we're becoming strangers to each other when we most need to be together.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Divergent grief processes create isolation precisely when shared sorrow could deepen connection.

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