Your brother is incarcerated. He’s alive, but you’ve lost access to him, and you worry about his safety, never knowing exactly what he’s going through. Or: Your partner has checked out emotionally ...

To be ambiguous is to exist outside definition, to hang indefinitely in suspension, dangling above certainty with no exit plan. To reside inside the nebulous is to remain undefined, and destruction ...

The coronavirus pandemic has claimed more than 825,000 lives in the U.S. and millions more around the world, but it has stolen so much more. Loved ones died with no family by their side. Millions ...

Ambiguous grief is the experience of loss without closure, often prolonged and rarely fully recognized by society. Grief is a natural response to loss, often associated with death. However, there is ...

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Many of us are taught that if we work hard enough we’ll be able to get over our losses. The social scientist Pauline Boss sees it differently. Credit...Artwork by Amy Friend Supported by By Meg ...