I Feel Guilty for Being Relieved She’s Gone

“Happy” and “relieved” are two very different things.

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The anxiety is still here. I look at my landline phone with dread — is the light blinking? Is there a message from her (she only remembered to call my cell phone half the time)?

It’s more than anxiety, but I’m not going to encroach on anyone else’s trauma and call it PTSD…