Articles and Answers
Grief and neurodivergence can throw up questions that aren’t always easy to answer with a quick Google. Here you’ll find longer articles that get into the detail, alongside shorter answers to questions people often ask.
IN DEPTH
ADHD and Grief:
How can ADHD affect the way we grieve?
ADHD can shape how grief is felt, processed and managed day to day. This In Depth piece looks at the overlap between attention, emotional regulation, executive functioning, routines and loss, and what that can mean for the people living through it.
Notes and Answers
Is it awful to be angry with someone who’s died?
We’re told not to speak ill of the dead, but what if you’re furious with them? Why anger can be part of grief, even if you loved them.
Why can’t I manage the simplest things since someone died?
The email goes unanswered. The washing stays in the machine. Why can everyday jobs take so much more effort when you’re grieving?
No, you’re not doing grief wrong
You can miss someone terribly and still laugh at something silly. Grief makes more sense when we stop expecting stages.
And for something a little different…
Over at Talking of Elephants, there’s less explaining and a bit more exploring. Essays, stories, Everyday Monsters and observations about the strange things people do, think and say. Some serious, some rather less so. It’s where I write about the peculiar business of being human.
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