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3 myths about grief that need to be busted

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Losing someone you love can be one of the most difficult experiences you'll ever face. 

But there are constructive ways to grieve, as well as some misconceptions about the process that need to be set straight.

Happify, a website and app that promotes science-based interactive activities aimed at increasing your happiness, created this graphic to outline some healthy ways to move through the grieving process. Check it out:

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Lydia was a senior editor for the healthcare team at Insider. She joined Insider in 2015 after graduating from Northwestern University. At Insider, she covered everything from healthcare mega-mergers, to drug-pricing debates, to pharmacy disruptors, to private healthcare startups that rack up high valuations (including Theranos of course), and the new ways people are going to the doctor. That included the changing footprint of the hospital and how they fared in the early months of the coronavirus pandemic.