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When others impose meaning on meaningless loss

I feel angry at my therapist for suggesting I need to let go and find meaning because my baby's death has no meaning and never will.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Some losses resist narrative coherence and meaning-making can feel like minimization.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Grief as psychological process?”

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