The Afterword of Grief Work reflects on the dual subjectivities—“Dr Meg” and “Margaret”—that structure both the author’s lived experience and her narrative practice. Drawing on Lauren Fournier’s theorisation of autotheory and Jane Tompkins’ seminal “Me and My Shadow,” the text situates itself within a polyvocal methodology that entwines memoir, criticism, and theory. Through reflections on panic attacks, trauma’s inscription on the body (van der Kolk), and Freud’s Mourning and Melancholia, the Afterword frames the writing of grief as both a scholarly and personal act of survival. The analysis highlights how ambivalence towards the lost object—in this case, the dead sister Mary—produces a melancholic identification that fuels both self-reproach and creativity. By acknowledging the entanglement of scholarship and autobiography, theory and memory, the Afterword positions the work as a contribution to feminist autotheoretical practice, trauma studies, and grief theory. It concludes by affirming the persistence of grief as a lifelong condition, while also asserting writing as a means of survival and self-integration.