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When Loss of Role and Partner Creates Existential Emptiness

I am retired and my wife died three years ago and I wake up every morning with nowhere to go and no one who needs me and I feel completely purposeless.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The convergence of major life transitions can strip away both identity and connection simultaneously, creating profound disorientation.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Loneliness and the Desire for Connection?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.