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When trauma prevents love's expression

I love someone who cannot say the words back because of their trauma, and I don't know how long I can keep giving without receiving verbal affirmation.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Love offered to the wounded must sometimes accept that healing happens in silence, beyond the reach of words or reciprocity.

Ideas that help explain it
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