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How to handle abandonment during illness

My marriage ended because my husband could not handle my chronic illness and I am angrier at being abandoned when I got sick than I am about being sick.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Being left when we most need support can wound us more deeply than the original suffering that drove others away.

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