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When grief habits persist years after loss

My wife has been dead for five years and I still sleep on my side of the bed and buy groceries for two people sometimes, and I don't know if this is sweet or pathetic.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Long-term relationships create automatic behaviors that outlive their purpose, becoming either comfort or torment.

Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Love in old age?”

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