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fromPsychology Today
1 week ago

You Cannot Be Abandoned

I felt an inner devastation that caused so much emotional distress I could no longer hide it or hide from it through my work. I did not feel like doing anything except cry and share my suffering with anyone willing to listen. After Karla left me for the third time, I went to a meditation retreat in Estes Park, Colorado, led by Thich Nhat Hanh, the Vietnamese Buddhist monk who founded mindfulness and was nominated by Martin Luther King, Jr., for the Nobel Peace Prize.
Mindfulness
Mental health
Healing can be painful when caught between past love and present grief.
Timeline shifts can trigger confusion and conflict but are normal in emotional healing.
Cognitive dissonance complicates grief as we reconcile conflicting memories of love and loss.
It's possible to honor the past while embracing the present.
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