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How fear of loneliness keeps us in dead relationships

I know my relationship is slowly dying but I'm terrified of being alone so I keep pretending everything is fine.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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The familiar pain of a dying connection can feel safer than the unknown possibility of solitude and renewal.

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