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How anticipatory grief can sabotage love in real time

My best friend is dying of cancer and I find myself pulling away because I cannot bear to watch her suffer but I know this is exactly when she needs me most.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Sometimes we abandon people before they can abandon us, even when that abandonment will come through death rather than choice.

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