I'm forty-five and just realized I'll never have children and I don't know how to mourn something that was never real but still feels like death.
More people experience this than they realize.
The death of possibilities we never consciously chose can still wound us as deeply as actual loss, mourning what never was but always could have been.
“Where Are You with Sudden loss vs. expected loss?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.