I’m sure this horse has been beaten to death by now, but I won’t stop saying it — someone else out there needs to hear it: Everyone processes grief differently. You don’t have to “look” like you’re hurting to be hurting. And you are not a horrible person for grieving unconventionally or seeming unaffected. If others judge you externally, please know that you matter. You aren’t heartless; no one could ever be.














