Different kinds of loss

• Card 1

  Society often only recognises grief after a death, but many other losses are just as real, even when they come without a funeral, a ritual, or anyone else's acknowledgement. This is sometimes called disenfranchised grief.

• Card 2

  Losses worth recognising

  • The death of someone close to you
  • An estranged relationship — a parent, sibling, child or friend who is alive but no longer part of your life
  • Years lost to trauma, illness, addiction or caregiving
  • The loss of an identity, role, career or dream
  • The childhood you needed but didn't get, or the parent you needed them to be
  • The loss of a community, culture, home or sense of belonging

• Card 3

  You do not need anyone else's permission for a loss to count. If it feels like grief to you, it is grief.

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