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When continuing relationships with the dead feels both natural and crazy

I keep my dad's ashes on my mantle and sometimes I talk to them, and I don't know if that's healthy grieving or if I'm creating a delusion because I can't accept that he's gone.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The heart's refusal to accept finality is creating ongoing connection with the deceased that may be either profound spiritual reality or psychological defense against loss.

Ideas that help explain it
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“Where Are You with The sacred in everyday life?”

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