In a World of Endless Tragedy, We All Have “Meta Grief.”

The new word, defining “grieving about grief,” describes navigating grief fatigue and grief exhaustion amid ongoing loss.Photo by Chip Vincent on Unsplash

During the first weeks of January 2025, grief surrounding the LA fires flooded my Threads feed.

We’d collectively entered a new year—an opportunity for a fresh start, or at least a year we hoped might be a little less griefy than the one that came before it. But nope. Tragedy burst in with an overwhelming, devastating roar. People were grieving ...