Written for the Hunter E. Boss Foundation

Topics: grief

de-griefing 

noun: de-griefing; plural noun: de-griefings

A meeting with best friends and/or family after the ceremonial activities of a devastating life event; a debriefing of grieving, a social post-mortem

Sometimes you need space for sentimental, devastating mourning.

Sometimes you need to talk some shit about what [random person] said to you at visitation. 

De-griefing. It’s part of the process.