What is anticipatory grief?

you are already suffering grief before the act happens

An example would be when a loved one is close to passing away and you have already entered into the greiving stage over the loss of a loved one (although it has not yet happened). This can be extended to a broad spectrum of situations, however. Some persons live in a constant state of anticipatory grief, experiencing potentially bad events in life although it has yet to happen or may never even happen. Kind of assimilated with a severe pessimistic outlook.

It means to grieve for something you know will happen ,also to grieve with someone else.

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