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Ambiguous loss and the “myth of closure,” with Pauline Boss, PhD

Speaking of Psychology

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The Pandemic Has Changed the Way We Think About Loss and Grief

For many younger Americans, the pandemic was their first experience for existential threat and a communal, large scale loss. Do you think this will have lasting effects about how they approach loss and grief going forward? It's too soon to tell, but i predict there is going to be change as the result of this two years of turmoil and upheaval into our normal way of life. I have great faith in young people for being resilient, more resilient than adults are or the older we get. And children are resilient too. As a child, i was afraid. By watching my parents faces, i would know how afraid to be. But way, what that taught us, and what will teach them now

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