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Ambiguous loss and the “myth of closure,” with Pauline Boss, PhD
Speaking of Psychology
Getting Over It Is Normal Grief
When somebody dies, isn't that something where we should feel like it's done? Is that still an ambiguous loss? It feels different to me qualitatively than the other things that you were just talking about. There is no end point. And there is no closure on the relationship you had with that son or that pet. Getting over it is an artificial idea put upon people who are grieving in a culture that has no patience for suffering. We might be that culture.
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