You know that feeling when everyone else seems to have received an instruction manual for life that somehow never made it to you? When you’re constantly translating between how you naturally think and how the world expects you to be? Maybe you’ve always noticed patterns others miss, struggled with certain social situations, or felt overwhelmed by sensory experiences that others seem to shrug off. Perhaps you’ve even wondered whether you simply aren’t trying hard enough. For m

If you've recently experienced a loss, you might be wondering if what you're feeling is "normal." Maybe you're angry when you think you should be sad. Maybe you feel nothing at all when everyone expects you to be crying. Or maybe you're exhausted in a way that sleep doesn't fix, and you can't understand why choosing what to have for breakfast feels impossible. Here's what I want you to know: grief is messier, more complicated, and more individual than most people realize.