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How scheduled posthumous messages might burden the living

I am planning my own death and I have been writing emails to my daughter to be sent on her future birthdays but I worry this will feel manipulative from beyond the grave.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The desire to remain present after death can become a form of emotional control over the grieving.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Data and privacy after death?”

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