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When twin death creates existential identity crisis

My twin brother died and people do not understand that it feels like half of me died too because we shared everything and now I do not know how to be just one person.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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The loss of a twin can shatter the fundamental sense of self that was built in permanent partnership.

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