The ObservatoryCarrying what hurts
A quiet moment to meet grief or longing, not to solve it, but so you don't carry it alone.
How it works
This is a moment for grief, after a loss, a farewell, something that didn't come to be. We won't try to do anything about it. Grief is not a problem to solve; it is love with nowhere to go. Here it may be, for a while, w …
Session in 7 steps, about 9 minutes. Doing it is part of Premium, which you try free for 7 days with no card. With Premium your answers are saved so you can pick up where you left off and look back at what you wrote.
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Why does it work?
Grief is not a matter of technique, and the session is support, not treatment. The research basis is normalizing: grief naturally oscillates between loss and everyday life (Stroebe & Schut's dual process model, 1999) and follows no fixed stages. For prolonged, disabling grief (prolonged grief disorder) there is effective treatment; seek care.
Account, your first assessment with the hexagon and one new measurement every quarter are free. The rest is part of Premium: SEK 99 a month or SEK 699 a year, VAT included.
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