07/04/2023
This is true for every death, and the changes felt by survivors can be both communal in nature and *highly* individualized simultaneously.
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The death of a person can bring you a host of emotions. Let them come. If the dominant emotions are not those that society "normally" sanctions (ex: sadness) you don't have to justify them. Your feelings toward's a person's death are valid.
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It's also common to be affected by deaths of people you don't know, either! Victims of school shootings come to mind as an example - the community is completely changed by their deaths, even if they did not know the victims personally.
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Death's real name is Change, after all, so it should not be surprising that we are all be affected by it in predictable and unpredictable ways.
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