Living with Ambiguous Loss: The Impact of a Missing Person on Families

Maria Dowling shares her experience of "ambiguous loss" following the disappearance of her brother, Paul O’Donnell, highlighting the unique grief and lack of closure faced by families of missing persons.

11 Apr, 04:30 — 11 Apr, 04:30

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Living with ambiguous loss: ‘When someone is dead, you get to have a eulogy, you put a lid on a coffin. With missing, you get none of that’

The last time Maria Dowling saw her brother, Paul O’Donnell, he was in her house laughing at something one of her children said.

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Living with Ambiguous Loss: The Impact of a Missing Person on Families

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Living with ambiguous loss: ‘When someone is dead, you get to have a eulogy, you put a lid on a coffin. With missing, you get none of that’

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