Next to a focus on self-care, social support may be the most important factor in successful long-term coping with ambiguous loss (AL)—a sense of loss characterized by uncertainty about the loss of a loved one and/or the life we once knew.
Read MoreAmbiguous Loss is unique in that people facing this kind of loss are denied traditional closure rituals and acknowledgements, like memorials and respite periods, as well as typical social support and bereaved status. They are expected to carry on as usual, and may be stigmatized when they do not.
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