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How do you get over the loneliness?

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I finally went, by myself, to counseling. I needed to know I was not crazy for crying at the drop of a hat all the time. My husband was diagnosed with stage 4 prostate cancer (spread to bone and lymph nodes) 3 years ago. He also rejected me, no talking, touching etc. This went on for 4 months. I finally told him I couldn't live like this (we'd been married 53 years at that time). He agreed to go to counseling separately first. When he joined me with my counselor it was eye opening. He finally opened up about his fears, not wanting me to have to go through this, loss of manhood etc.
Even if he doesn't go I would go myself. You need to get your footing with the situation and take care of you.

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@linric70 thank you for sharing. I hope things are going better for you and your husband. I think counseling would be a good idea. I would love for him to open up and tell me what he’s feeling. If I knew that, maybe I wouldn’t feel so unloved and lonely.

@linric70 I am so happy for you that going to counseling was successful. Even better that your husband went solo to figure things out and then was able to go together. Beautiful.