On grieving "deaths of despair."

The last 2 years have been heavy with loss from COVID and COVID-adjacent illnesses - suicide, overdose, and untreated everything. On top of it all, we have often been forced to grieve alone or via zoom, depriving us of the necessary screaming and moaning of our communal lament, and our communal question - WHY? My sister is a public health journalist and wrote this moving piece exploring grief after 2 losses we experienced last year. It helped me to read her words, so eloquently written that reflected my own pain, guilt, longing, and fear.

https://mindsitenews.org/2021/...errogation-of-grief/