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“It wasn't until I sat with patient after patient, from emergency room to deathbed, that I saw what they saw: In their illness or injury, I saw a memory loss of the future. This is called intrapsychic grief, the pain of losing what will never be, the reaching for something that was supposed to happen. This intrapsychic grief is a specific but universal ache.”

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Book:As Long as You Need: Permission to Grieve
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