Grief(6)

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From the Washington Post today;

Grief is an experience with no road map. Ask anyone who has lost an immediate family member about grief’s “five stages,” and you’re likely to get a shake of the head. No, grief is more akin to bushwhacking through a gnarly forest. Each of us needs validation that we can cry out from the thorns in our sides, that we aren’t crazy for enjoying a sudden clearing, that whatever route we’re taking (granted we aren’t harming ourselves or others) is the right one. “Identity disruption”? When you’ve walked through a portal through which you cannot return, of course your sense of self changes dramatically.