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Why romantic abandonment can feel like death

My husband left me for another woman and I am surprised by how similar this heartbreak feels to when my father died when I was twelve.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

All significant losses share common terrain in the psyche where abandonment, rejection, and death create similar wounds.

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