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When spaces become shrines we cannot enter

I haven't been able to enter my son's room since he died two months ago and his homework is still sitting on his desk exactly where he left it.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Physical environments can hold presence so intensely they become unbearable to inhabit.

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