Recovery from profound loss can feel like a betrayal

Evidence

Recovery can seem like a betrayal. Passionately, you desire a way back to the lost object, but the only possible road, the road to life, leads away. — Hilary Mantel, A Memoir of My Former Self- A Life in…, 313

Categorization

  • corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Hilary Mantel, A Memoir of My Former Self- A Life in…, 313
  • XREF: connects to: Grief recovery paradoxically makes the lost person more vivid — Hilary Mantel, A Memoir of My Former Self- A Life in…, 313; Grief encompasses a range of complex, untidy emotions. — Lynch, Thomas, The undertaking-life studies from the…, 616; Necessary and good changes can still carry lasting loss and sorrow — , A Year of World Stories, 12256 (+1 more)

Broader Connections