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Why other people's healing can feel like betrayal

My father is remarrying eighteen months after my mother died and I am angry at him for moving on but also angry at myself for wanting him to suffer forever.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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We can simultaneously want loved ones to find peace and feel abandoned when they do, as if their suffering was proof of their love.

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If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.