The one change that worked: numb with grief, I sat in the dark, surrounded by strangers – and began to heal

<p>Life had come crashing to a halt when I lost my brother. But in the cinema I found comfort and a strange solidarity</p><p>In 2022, my younger brother drowned in an accident. His death reset life as I knew it. I had been offered my first proper job; I didn’t take it. I was planni