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[quote=Anonymous]My husband lost his father very suddenly when he was nine. He never brought it up much when we were dating or in the early years of our marriage, and I naively assumed that meant he had dealt with his grief in a healthy manner. He hadn’t - he just compartmentalized it. Having our own children was a big trigger for really dark thoughts about mortality. Things really came to a head when my husband experienced a health crisis, and we got him into therapy and he is on anti-anxiety meds. It has been really helpful for him. His therapist told him the two big future events to watch out for are (a) when my husband reaches the age his dad was when he died and (b) when our kids are the age my husband was when his dad died. It’s a lifelong process, but I think getting my husband the tools has been huge. I wish we would have done it sooner. [/quote]
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