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When your nervous system expects someone who cannot return

I keep expecting my phone to ring with my mom's daily call even though she died four months ago and I feel crazy for still waiting.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Anticipatory patterns remain active despite cognitive knowledge of finality.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Grief as psychological process?”

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