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The People We Keep Meeting | Convo Magazine
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Most grief softens with time, not in a straight line, but gradually, enough that life starts to feel liveable again. For some people, though, the intensity doesn't ease. Months pass, then longer, and the loss still feels as raw and consuming as it did in the first weeks. When grief gets stuck like this, it has a name, and it's not a personal failing.