“Grief is isolating, but not just because of the sadness. Also because the sadness is the only part about it that anyone knows.”
Losing a child is one of the most devastating and painful experiences someone can have in life. But it can be a hard subject for those who go through it to talk about. One comedian, who suffered a similar loss, tackled the issue firsthand in a Twitter thread that has now gone viral.
“Ten years ago today my son died and I basically never talk about it with anyone other than my wife. It’s taken me ten years to realize that I want to talk about it all the time,” he wrote, continuing, “Most of the conversations we have about grieving are very very weird. Tragedy is still so taboo, even in the era of the overshare. It’s all very ‘sorry for your loss’ and tilted heads and cards with calligraphy on them and whispering. We’re all on tiptoes all the time.
His main hope in sharing his experience is to destigmatize the conversations surrounding loss. “Grief is isolating, but not just because of the sadness. Also because the sadness is the only part about it that anyone knows,” he continued. “Not a single person has ever been unkind about my son, but almost no one considers the fullness of his loss and how complicated and weird and everything else it was and continues to be.
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