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Why dating after spousal death feels like betrayal

I keep having dreams where my dead husband is angry at me for starting to date again and I wake up feeling guilty even though I know he would want me to be happy.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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The continuing bond with the deceased can conflict with the living person's need to form new attachments.

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