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Disenfranchised Grief: The Pain of Unacknowledged Loss
There are those kinds of losses that are met with care. People show up, meals are dropped off, and messages come in. There's space, however imperfect that space is, for the pain to exist. Then there are those losses that don't get that same acknowledgement, instead they go unsupported, unnamed, and unrecognized. Those losses you carry all on your own. This is what is often referred to as disenfrancised grief. That grief that isn't openly acknowledged, socially supported, or
Lisa Wilder
3 days ago3 min read
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