anticipatory grief is a huge thing, especially for NDs, but we have to remember it steals what time and joy we have left with whatever we are grieving

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i pre-grieved my dog for years as he got older. when he did pass i wasn’t prepared. it still hurt so bad. it still hurts now.

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Constantly. Not even just with the loss of friends/family. An example is if I’m really looking forward to a concert, I’ll be grieving it being over before it’s even happened. And then when I’m at the concert I’m just thinking about how it’s going to be over in however many hours, bc maybe it’ll hurt less if I experience the sadness sooner? It’s exhausting.

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My grandmother has dementia and for years now no longer remembers who I am. I hate it but I feel I have already lost her and it’s stealing the remaining time I do have with her. She’s not got much longer left but I’m already grieving her loss quite a lot

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Very common even among neurotypicals

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Yeah. I knew my bf and I were headed for a break up a month before it happened and I cried sooo much. He knew too, and he also cried a lot during that month before. January-April2024, all I did was cry basically

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Shit this is what I’m doing right now 😭😭😭

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Yeah xD

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