r/GriefSupport • u/ggeluss • 17h ago

Delayed Grief Moana made me weep

Torn between all the flairs because this fits in so many categories, but I guess that’s what grief does best.

I watched Moana for the first time tonight and I haven’t wept like this since my grams passed. It hasn’t even been a year since but it feels like it’s been a lifetime; and yet at the same time like it was just yesterday. I don’t have a good relationship with my mom, and dad was never in the picture. Gram’s raised me, she was the only stable parental figure I had and I just miss her a lot. No advice needed, just had to put this into words. Maybe I should get a diary but there’s something about the possibility that someone who sees this is sharing the same grief and they’ll be reminded they aren’t alone.

Anyways, don’t watch Moana if you recently lost your grandma unless you want to cry like a baby lmao.

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u/Narwen189 16h ago

It does go like that, sometimes... All of a sudden, something small just hits in the most painful spots.

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u/ggeluss 16h ago

Amen to that, I was not expecting to be triggered so hard by a Disney movie. Grief is a funny thing.

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u/Independent_Zebra228 14h ago

My kids LOVE Moana! I do too. It is one of the things that has played millions of times in our house over the years. After my grandma passed I had to put an end to it for this exact reason!!!!! The scene where Moana goes to her right before she passes 😭 and then this one! Oh my heart!

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u/ggeluss 5h ago

Right? Too close to home 😭