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Feats of Strength 💙 Trauma Healing @featsofstrength.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

I recently spoke with my 85 yo uncle about him losing his parents by age 36. He started crying; I hugged him, told him I loved him. He was the first person I've met in person who also became an adult orphan by his 30s; I was 32. I found some data showing how relatively rare this is...

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Feats of Strength 💙 Trauma Healing @featsofstrength.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

[ www.census.gov/library/visu... ] 2.8% lose both parents in their 30s, another study from 2014 noted 1.8% lost both parents between 30–35. When I lost my parents, my peers were mostly losing grandparents at the same time. In hindsight, the pain I felt wasn't matched by the support I received...

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Losing Our Parents: Recent Statistics on Parent Mortality and Change During the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic

Visualization that provides information about parent mortality, specifically change during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

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