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When Grief and New Desire Arrive at the Same Time

My partner died suddenly three months ago and I'm already feeling attracted to other people, which makes me feel like a monster but also like maybe I'm finally alive again.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Life force reasserts itself through attraction during mourning, creating conflict between loyalty to the dead and biological renewal.

Worth thinking about

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