I lost my sister just days ago. I’m sad, I’m angry at the world, I’m scared, I don’t know how I’m going to get through this. But at no point have I looked up any of this. I haven’t even mentioned the word therapy. Not through my searches, not via e-mails or texts with anyone. All I did was google the process for arranging a funeral.
Since this happened I get advert after advert on every social media platform for therapy apps, anxiety apps, journals and whatever else. I know it’s just my brain trying to focus on something other than pure sadness but I’m feeling so angry with advertisers exploiting grief. Funeral = someone is sad = plug all the applicable apps. Arghhhhhh the irony in trying to scroll through mindless reels to distract myself.