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Why anger emerges after loss instead of during it

Three months after my divorce was finalized I find myself seething with rage at my ex-husband for things that never bothered me during our marriage.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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Sometimes we can only afford to feel the full impact of betrayal once we are finally safe.

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