The theme for the month of February is "How do I talk about it?" and a popular social media app is providing a new space for grievers to connect.
Today, "#GriefTok" is creating a new setting for conversations about grief, with TikTok proving a space for discussing the universal experience of loss. Grief has become a subgenre on the app, with TikTokkers sharing stories of death and remembering lost loved ones through photographs, video, and narration.
Psychotherapist Terence Watts says, "TikTok allows people to choose how they express themselves through music and images or other sound that is meaningful to them... every individual has their own way of expression and TikTok and other social media channels are as valid as talking face-to-face."
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