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When grief resurrects abandoned beliefs

My brother died and I found myself praying to a God I don't think exists because I need him to be somewhere even if I don't believe in heaven.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Loss can temporarily collapse the distinction between what we need to be true and what we think is true.

Ideas that help explain it
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