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How to handle anger at someone who died

Everyone keeps telling me I should be grateful my mother is no longer suffering but I am furious that she left me and I feel guilty for being angry at someone who died.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Conflicting emotions toward the deceased create internal fragmentation and moral confusion.

Ideas that help explain it
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“Where Are You with Grief as psychological process?”

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