Missing loved ones leave those left behind with 'ambiguous loss' — a form of frozen grief

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Missing loved ones leave those left behind with 'ambiguous loss'

Those without bodies to bury have been frozen in a specific state of numbness and horror — and uncertainty.

Missing Loved Ones Leave Those Left Behind With 'Ambiguous Loss'

Missing loved ones leave those left behind with ‘ambiguous loss’ - a form of frozen grief

Rachel Ganz's husband might be alive. But he might not be. More than three months after he was last seen near the Eleven Point River in Missouri amid severe flooding and evacuation orders, Jon Ganz is just ... missing.

Missing loved ones leave those left behind with 'ambiguous loss' - a form of frozen grief

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Missing loved ones leave those left behind with 'ambiguous loss' — a form of frozen grief

Families of missing loved ones face a unique and agonizing grief called ambiguous loss. Experts explain this as the pain of uncertainty when a loved one's fate is unknown, leaving families in emotional limbo.