Grieving What Never Happened

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Over the past couple of weeks I’ve stumbled upon discussions on social media about people who couldn’t understand why they hadn’t gotten over something "small" that happened a long time ago. For some people, it was not getting the "dream job" they’d been working towards. For others, it was a love that went unrequited. There were similar stories of feelings of distressing disappointment that had lingered well past their expected expiration…