Missing loved ones leave those left behind with 'ambiguous loss' — a form of frozen grief
MULTIPLE LOCATIONS INCLUDING UKRAINE, MISSOURI, TEXAS HILL COUNTRY, ALUM ROCK, ISRAEL, GAZA, AND WESTERN AUSTRALIA, JUL 21 – Families endure frozen grief without closure as about 2,700 long-term missing persons remain unaccounted for in ongoing searches worldwide, officials said.
- Families affected by the July 4 Texas floods are experiencing 'ambiguous loss' due to missing loved ones with uncertain fates, as described by grief experts.
- Rachel, 45, expresses her pain, stating, 'every morning to a reality I don’t want to exist in.'
- Rachel longs for her husband's safe return and feels envious of those with death certificates.
- She highlights the frustration of well-meaning but unhelpful offers of support, reminding others that 'what you are experiencing is an ambiguous loss.
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Thousands of people go missing in Australia each year. Those they leave behind experience “ambiguous loss” - grief with no clear end.


Missing Persons Memorial service for those left behind
When a loved one goes missing, those left behind have no closure, no grave and just endless waiting, but an annual memorial service in Mandurah gives them a chance to pay tribute to missing family and friends.
COLD CASES. For families and relatives of disappeared, the test, terrible, also brings its lot of loneliness, incomprehension or anger.
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