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When survivor guilt affects everyday pleasures

My husband went blind six months ago and I feel guilty every time I enjoy something visual like a sunset because he can't share it anymore.

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Love sometimes manifests as a misguided loyalty to shared limitation, as if our own suffering could somehow reduce our beloved's pain.

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