The grief library
Short and honest. No stages, no timelines, no telling you where you should be by now.
The basics
🌊What grief actually isNot five stages. Not a process you complete.🪢Complicated griefWhen grief stays acute and life stays paused.🕰Anticipatory griefGrieving someone who is still here.🌫Ambiguous lossNo body, no ending, no permission to mourn.🤐Grief nobody acknowledgesPets, ex-partners, miscarriage, friends, dreams.🧬Why grief affects your brain and bodyYou're not going crazy. This is measurable.
Hard corners
Other kinds of loss
🐾Pet lossIt was a real relationship. Grieve it like one.💔Divorce and breakupsGrief for someone who is still walking around.🌑Losing someone to addictionThe grief that started years before the death.🩺Grieving while caregivingNo room to fall apart, no room to rest.🧠Dementia griefLosing someone in installments.🪪Losing who you wereCareer, health, faith, a dream, an empty nest.🌡Chronic illness griefGrieving a body that changed.🎗Military, line-of-duty, and disaster lossPublic grief, private wound.🫂Losing a friend or a friendshipNot next of kin, still devastated.