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How distance affects the grieving process

I moved across the country right after my mother's funeral and now I feel disconnected from everyone who knew her and I wonder if I made a mistake.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Geographic separation from shared memory can isolate mourners from communal processing of loss.

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“Where Are You with Grief of losing a parent?”

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