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When Trauma Blocks Your Ability to Grieve

I have not cried about what happened even though it was three years ago and everyone expects me to be emotional about it

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Protective numbing mechanisms that enabled survival during trauma continue to prevent the natural grief response needed for integration.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

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