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When grief feels like emptiness instead of sadness

My dad died six months ago and everyone keeps telling me I should be 'moving through the stages of grief' but I just feel empty and like nothing matters anymore including myself.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The conventional framework of grief fails to address the deeper existential void that death can reveal.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Existential psychology — meaning death freedom?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.