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When platitudes about suffering feel offensive

I had a miscarriage at seven months and people keep telling me everything happens for a reason but that feels like a cruel lie.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Profound loss exposes the inadequacy of conventional wisdom and creates rage at attempts to impose meaning.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

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