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Observations and explorations about death, dying, grief, and the baggage that comes with it. Publishing weekly on Fridays.
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Grief and Guilt...and Guilt and Grief (Part 17) (opens the original)
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All entries in this series can be found hereFor all intents and purposes, mourning is hedonic sadness.You were exposed to a sad event — death — you reacted emotionally. While it’s still sad, it’s certainly less acute.Why? Not unlike hedonic adaptation to pleasure, your brain works to return you to a centerpoint. Your brain won’t let you overdose on happiness, nor will it allow you to wallow in sadness. Unless, of course, you’re addicted to it.
Grief and Guilt...and Guilt and Grief (Part 16) (opens the original)
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Hello:Dirt Nap has added a bunch of new subscribers since the Disney post blew up. Welcome and make yourself at home. This is the final week of our extended break from the Guilt and Grief series. That returns next week so this is the perfect time for the newbies to get up to speed on what’s happening here.And, as always, if you have an idea for an entry — or would be interested in writing one of your own — drop me a line at jaredpav
Dirt Nap Replay: Grieving the Seasons (opens the original)
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Note from Jared: The calendar is unforgiving this year. A late Labor Day means a weird start to school for my area. Some areas are starting the week before. Some are going back immediately after the holiday. The back-to-school death march set in a couple of weeks ago around Dirt Nap HQ and we’re in that buffer period of my wife having to report to school while the kids are still on their summer break.This is a holiday weekend, so I offer up a post from around this time in 2024 about seasonal cha
Burying the Disney Illusion (opens the original)
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Grief & Guilt will return in two weeks, following Labor Day.My aunt, whom I’ve written about here frequently, was a Disney adult, though not in the modern definition. No, she didn’t sacrifice meals, medication and other necessities to afford a Disney vacation1. She was a financially independent person — unmarried and without children — who liked going to Walt Disney World near Orlando.Sometimes, she would go wit
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