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When betrayal wakes you up to being alive

My husband left me for someone else and I know I should be angry but mostly I'm grateful because I forgot what it felt like to feel anything at all.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Sometimes pain serves as proof of our capacity to feel, even when the feeling itself is unwanted.

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Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Grief and gratitude — the paradox?”

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