You Did Not Cause Your Mom's Death and Your Dog Did Not

"Guilt the missing stage of grief is so common," says psychotherapist Lisa Kogan. "It's a funny way of holding on to them." Your mom had an accident that involved the dog and it entered her hip, but she didn't die of a hip injury or anything related to a hip injury. She died of an aggressive cancer and there was nothing that anyone could do to save her. The story you're telling yourself right now isn't true.