Some losses break the heart. Others shatter your sense of safety. When someone dies suddenly or in a traumatic way, grief often arrives alongside shock, panic, confusion, guilt, and unanswered questions. You are not only mourning the person you lost, but you may also be struggling with how they died, what happened, what you witnessed, or the terrifying reality that life changed in an instant. Sudden and traumatic grief can feel different from other forms of loss. It often car
