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When meaning-making becomes a defense against grief

I keep trying to find the lesson in my miscarriage but sometimes I think the need to make meaning is just another way to avoid feeling the loss.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The compulsive search for narrative significance can prevent the natural process of simply experiencing and integrating loss.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Narrative therapy and story-rewriting?”

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