Feeling stuck in grief while everyone else has moved on is incredibly common, and it usually means you're still grieving, not that you're doing it wrong. The world's attention fades after the funeral, but your daily life still holds the absence. If the grief stays frozen and intense for a long time, there's real, effective help, and you can reach for it whenever you're ready.

There's no set timeline for how long grief lasts after losing a parent. The sharpest pain usually softens and changes shape over months and years, but missing your mom or dad can stay with you in some form for life, and that's normal. The calendar matters less than whether your life is slowly making room around the loss.