My brother Oliver died of a drug overdose in the 1980s. As my parents rode a taxi home from the morgue, they learned that their taxi driver had also lost a son, years prior. “Does the pain get any ...

Let it be said at the outset that there's no "usual" way to grieve over the death of a loved one. There's no "right" way or "wrong" way, much less a stereotypical, generally accepted way - for ...

Sudden surges of anguish can accompany intense mourning. That’s not unusual, experts say, and sometimes even helpful.

Grief is one of the hardest, heaviest feelings to carry. Even the word “grief” feels like a weight, right? And let’s be real it doesn’t magically go away when the funeral’s over or people stop ...

When someone you love dies, the world as you’ve known it is totally upended. “In the actual book, she talked about more than five stages,” Kessler said. “Think about the context of 1969 — doctors and ...

Grief transforms our lives. It has a lot of ups and downs, but it does seem to even out over time. We may never get over grief completely, but we find ways to go on. After my father died, my mother ...

Dear Eric: I have two daughters with special needs. They function around the level of a 10-year-old. They are also nonverbal in public. It is very unlikely that they will ever have a relationship with ...

“What becomes of the broken hearted, who had love that’s now departed. I know I’ve got to find some kind of peace of mind, ...

Christina Applegate is finding out that getting over grief isn't linear. On the May 6 episode of her and Jamie Lynn Sigler's podcast, MeSsy, the actress, 53, opened up about how she's been doing since ...

Applegate got emotional as she announced her father's death on the April 29 episode of the podcast Esther Kang is a writer at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2023 and has previously ...