Why it Feels Like Part of You is Missing

The hole you feel is not imaginary.
Your brain once held a space for the us you shared.
When that person dies, the brain does not erase the connection. It keeps searching for them, predicting their presence, and trying to rebuild a self that no longer fits the world you are in.

This is why the absence feels shaped like them.
They were part of your identity, your routines, your safety, your sense of who you were.

You are not losing your mind.
You are grieving a real piece of yourself that lived inside that relationship.

If this hits, you are not alone.
Your brain is trying to protect you while it rewires around a world that changed too fast.
Give yourself grace. This is hard because your love was real.

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