there's a big fat difference. He may be doing you a favor, frankly.
I think you know that where the head goes, the heart will, eventually, follow.
The cognitive work you have to do is work on the ego. It means "mental" basically so your cognitive work is your mental reasoning
and since I believe that where the head goes, etc
that means you do have to do some good thinking. Some objective reality based thinking.
Not fear based and not ego driven...
I DO understand the irony of HIM leaving YOU...I get it. Believe me, I do.
In time you'll see that it's not as ironic as you think but b/c you saw him differently, you didn't realize this is actually predictable
given the deteriorating nature of his disease.
Keep posting and re-reading things that are helping you.
It does sink in eventually.
Keep going and keep telling yourself what IS and IS NOT about you and
you'll get there...
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