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Why retirement can trigger unexpected anger

I retired last year after forty years of teaching and instead of feeling free I am angry at how meaningless my days feel without students who need me.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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The loss of being needed can feel like a death of purpose that no amount of leisure can resurrect.

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