Why Does Grief Feel Worse in Midlife?
Why Does Grief Feel Worse in Midlife?
It isn't that grief is stronger. It's that life doesn't slow down.
One of the biggest misconceptions I hear is that grief should get easier as we get older because we've had more life experience.
In reality, many women tell me the opposite.
As a grief therapist, I've found that grief often feels more overwhelming in our 40s and 50s...not because we love more deeply than we did at 25, but because we have far less space to grieve.
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