Ishtaf&ckarooni

I need to post and I can't finish the three posts I already started.

Each week I attempt to write about grief here on Good Grief. Ideally in ways that make people want to subscribe and hear more, rather than never having anything to do with me again.

Which maybe makes this different from most ways I have talked about grief in the past.

You see, most people have run away from me when I discussed grief in the past. Shunned me. Ostracized me. Made me feel like I wished I were the one who died. Instead of being the one left behind.

Other people’s COMPLETELY SHITTY REACTIONS to my grief have made me really reluctant to express grief in any way.

Leading to my reluctance to show up and write about grief every week.

Connected to why I needed other people’s help to convince me to do it.

I will do this hard thing that makes people say nasty, hurtful things to me. Often unconsciously. Because I know I am not the o…