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When protecting yourself from pregnancy triggers leads to isolation

I started avoiding baby sections in stores and unfollowing pregnant friends on social media and I feel like I am disappearing from my own life.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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Self-preservation can gradually shrink our world until we are safe but alone.

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