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How the body remembers what the mind accepts

My wife died six months ago and I still wake up reaching for her side of the bed every morning before I remember she's gone.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Physical memory operates on deeper time than conscious understanding, creating daily resurrections and deaths.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Death of a loved one — the immediate experience?”

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