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When you cannot access grief emotions

I cannot cry about my miscarriage even though it happened six weeks ago and I feel broken because everyone expects me to be sad but I just feel empty.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The protective mechanisms of the psyche can block emotional processing when loss feels overwhelming.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Grief as psychological process?”

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