Survival guide under construction — because apparently grief needs instructions
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The Grief
Survival Guide

Useful information. Honest translations. The appropriate amount of profanity.

A battered black survival door covered in neon warning tape, paint, and first-aid signs

The five stages, translated

Not a checklist.
Not a straight line.

You can skip one, revisit three, or experience all five before lunch. Grief does not care about order, progress charts, or making sense.

01

Denial

No fucking way.

02

Anger

Fuck this.

03

Bargaining

Let’s make a fucking deal.

04

Depression

Leave me the fuck alone.

05

Acceptance

Embrace the suckage.

Books that don’t make me want to throw them

The tolerable shelf.

Cover of Fuck Death by Steve Case
Fuck DeathSteve Case

Subtle, tasteful, and completely on brand.

Cover of It's OK That You're Not OK by Megan Devine
It’s OK That You’re Not OKMegan Devine

Grief is not a tidy little self-improvement project.

Cover of Wish You Were Here by Jodi Picoult
Wish You Were HereJodi Picoult

For a long time, I hoped I was the one in a coma—and that I would wake up and find Marlon waiting for me.

Cover of How to Carry What Can't Be Fixed by Megan Devine
How to Carry What Can’t Be FixedMegan Devine

A place to put some of it when carrying everything inside becomes too damn heavy.