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When you're angry at someone for dying and leaving you alone

I'm pregnant with my first child and my mom won't be here to help me and I'm angry at her for dying even though she couldn't help it.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Grief can produce rage at the dead for their involuntary abandonment, complicating love with resentment that feels both justified and shameful.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Grief and legacy — how the dead continue to live in us?”

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