What to do when everyone expects you to have "moved on."
Grief doesn't follow a calendar. It doesn't care about timelines or what people think is "appropriate."
Why the timeline pressure backfires
Well-meaning people often set unspoken deadlines for grief. When someone doesn't "recover" on that schedule, they start hiding their grief instead of processing it.
What presence actually looks like
Presence isn't a perfectly worded sentence. It's showing up consistently, asking real questions, and resisting the urge to rush someone toward being "okay."