ep 111 : Secondary Losses

Losing someone you love doesn't stop at their death. It's just the beginning of losing a thousand other things you didn't see coming. This week we're talking about secondary losses: the friendships that vanish, the trust that shatters, the ability to make small talk without trauma dumping, and all the other bullshit grief takes from you when you weren't looking.

We dive into how people surprise you, sometimes by showing up when you least expect it, and sometimes by completely disappearing. Shoutout to Aleksei's ex who skipped her dad's funeral but made it to Burning Man. We talk about getting ghosted by dates after mentioning your dead parent, losing the feeling of safety in relationships, living in permanent fight or flight mode, and how "waiting for the other shoe to drop" becomes your new normal. Plus: how to tell someone you're a fresh suicide loss survivor without sending them running, and why finding a grief community matters (because they actually know how to show up.)

Secondary losses are the grief nobody warns you about, until now. 💙

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