​The funeral ends.

Chairs are stacked.
Cars pull away.
Messages slow down.

The flowers begin to brown at the edges.

​And suddenly, it is quiet.

​“Grief brain” is not a metaphor.
It is a real, research-supported cognitive state that affects how people think, decide, remember, and cope after a death.

​Grief brain refers to the temporary neurological and psychological changes that occur in acute bereavement,