‘Why isn’t everyone angry?’. I get that, I do. But be patient. We will be. We are all experiencing this in different ways. It is a communal grief. For some it will combine with personal grief. Some of us are working, some have lost work. Some are families they love or hate 1/4
Some will be worried about those far away and will be mourning opportunities as much as people. Some are so busy with work that getting from hour to hour is as much as we can do. The best thing to do is to try, if you have space enough, to have empathy 2/4
This is all confusing and hard but let us all have our emotions and responses without invalidating them or imagining there is only one ‘correct’ response. Grief doesn’t have a ‘right’ way. Empathy is understanding the different responses right now. 3/4
They’ll be time for anger and reflection and learning. Some are there already but try not to be impatient with those of us who are working through this in different ways and at different paces. Different emotions don’t mean a lack of care or interest. 4/4
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