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Why anger at the dead feels unspeakable

My husband died and people keep asking how I am doing but the real answer is that I am furious at him for leaving me and I cannot say that out loud.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Grief includes rage at abandonment, but social norms around mourning make these feelings shameful and isolating.

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