Opinion | Danielle Sepulveres: 'When friends and family get tired of listening, sometimes a heart emoji from a stranger is enough to make you feel heard.' - NBCNewsTHINK
Actor Diedrich Bader found much of the same when he tweeted about the five-year anniversary of his mother’s passing by sharing a favorite sculpture she had created. There was an overwhelming response of appreciation for her work, as well as kind words about his loss and the grief he still feels and wanted to express. Bader told me, “I just want to make sure the people who follow me really know who I am, that I’m not limited to the parts that I play or politics I spout.
Both Brown and Bader touched on something about expressions of grief on social media, which has become heavily curated by users as part of the seeming obsession that so many of us have to appear happy all the time. Even while we all know those façades are not real, they feel increasingly difficult to shed, and can make the process of grieving even more difficult.
has also found. As a public person for her work, Alejandra has a natural inclination to share, so, when facing the devastating loss of her dog, Hudson, in January, she did. “Pet death exists in a very gray area in our society,” she said. “It lacks the rituals of a human death: There’s no funeral, no one is coming by with a casserole, but it’s incredibly painful! It was one of the hardest things I ever had to go through and I had to share that.
She just recently adopted a new dog, and many people who had seen her past posts about Hudson messaged her to say they were thrilled that she had decided to bring a new pet into her life. “It was really cool to see people who were supportive in the past and now celebrating my new joy because that too is part of the grieving process!” she said. “A community I created by putting my grief out there let them show up for me in a different way. It was amazing.
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