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Grief for a lost version of yourself

You grieve not just for the person you were but for who you might have become if life had taken a different turn—the version of yourself that existed only in the future tense. This grief is real and disorienting because you are mourning someone who never quite existed, yet shaped all your choices and hopes.

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