Do you want to know one of the most repeated questions in grief support groups?
It is, “Am I normal?”
In the midst of great loss,
in the middle of reconstructing a life that includes a giant hole,
while struggling to place one foot in front of the other,
parents who have buried a child are often worried about whether what they feel and how they act is “normal”.
Grieving a child is a complex and life-long process as I wrote about here: Am I Normal?
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Melanie,
The term complicated grief seemed to occupy a lot of discussion in my online discussion groups. Six months is the time limit for this syndrome…That worried me as I was doing all life’s chores but internally and externally I was a weeping mess…..
6 years later I see how ridiculous any time line is on child loss. The grief is part of me, I can carry it. It does not consume me, it is part of my being. It’s OK, It’s not treatable, it’s child loss.
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