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'My Wife Left Me and I'm Afraid to Love Again!'

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'My Wife Left Me and I'm Afraid to Love Again!'

Don't let fear tell you rigid stories about what's possible.

Heather Havrilesky
Dec 26, 2022
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From the White Place (1940) by Georgia O’Keeffe

Dear Polly,

When I was 25, I married my best friend. We met in college, and experienced some really intense things together. Upon reflection, I can see that she is an intense person who had some unaddressed trauma response behavior (as my therapist called it) that could be pointed at me in inappropriate ange…

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