Design Matters with Debbie Millman Amy Lin
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Apr 22, 2024 Writer Amy Lin discusses the science of grief and coping with young widowhood in her memoir 'Here After'. Topics include childhood eccentricities and storytelling abilities, a blind date mix-up, navigating grief and support, healing in the hospital, the complexity of grief, the interplay of grief and narrative structure, and finding courage in unexpected moments.
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Childhood Narratives
- Amy Lin describes herself as an odd child who enjoyed creating narratives.
- Her parents encouraged her storytelling, even when she pretended a stuffed dog was real to get a real one.
Early Anxiety and Mortality
- As a child, Amy Lin experienced anxiety attacks about eternal life, finding the concept of no end unsettling.
- This connected to her later panic attacks after her husband's death and her lifelong contemplation of mortality.
Feeling Unlovable
- In her mid-twenties, Amy Lin felt unlovable and struggled with negative self-perception.
- Her husband Curtis's radical love helped her accept her lovability, highlighting the transformative power of acceptance.